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PRACTICAL  INSTRUCTIONS 

FOR 

PRIVATE  THEATRICALS 

By  W.  D.  EMERSON. 

Author  of  "AiCountry  Romance,"  "The  Unknown  Rival."  "Hum- 
ble Pie,"  etc. 

Pri  ;e,  25  cents. 

Here  is  a  practical  hand-book,  describing  in  detail  all  the  ac- 
cessories, properties,  scenes  and  apparatus  necessary  for  an  ama- 
teur production.  In  addition  to  the  descriptions  in  words,  every- 
thing is  clearly  shown  in  tho  numerous  pictures,  more  than  one- 
hundred  being  inserted  in  the  book.  No  such  useful  book  has 
ever  been  offered  to  the  aim/xmr  players  of  any  country. 

C  JNTENTS. 

Chapter  I.     Introductory  Remarks. 

Chapter  II.  Stage,  How  to  Make,  etc.  in  drawing-rooms 
or  parlors,  with  sliding  or  1  inged  doors.  In  a  single  large  room. 
The  Curtain;  how  to  attach  it,  and  raise  it,  etc. 

Chapter  III.  Arrangement  of  Scenery.  How  to  hang  it: 
Drapery,  tormentors,  wings,  borders,  drops. 

Chapter  IV.  Box  Scenes.  Center  door  pieces,  plain  wings, 
door  wings,  return  pieces,  etc. 

Chapter  V.  How  to  Light  the  Stage.  Oil,  gas  and  electric 
lights.  Footlights,  Sidelights,  Reflectors.  How  to  darken  the 
stage,  etc. 

Chapter  VI.  Stage  Effects.  Wind,  Rain,  Thunder,  Break- 
ing Glass,  Falling  Buildi-igs,  Snow,  Water,  Waves,  Cascades, 
Passing  Trains,  Lightning,  Chimes,  Sound  of  Horses'  Hoofs,  Shots. 

Chapter  VII.     Scene  Painting. 

Chapter  VIII.    A  Word  to  the  Property  Man. 

Chapter  IX.    To  the  Stage  Manager. 

Chapter  X.    The  Business  Manager. 


Address  Orders  to 

THE  DRAMATIC  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 
CHICAGO. 


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UNDER  TWO  FLAGS. 


A  ROMANTIC  PLAY, 

IN    FOUR    ACTS. 

DRAMATIZED  FROM  OUID^i  S  FAMOUS  NOVEL 

BY  A.  MITC;HELL. 


TOOKTIIF.R   WITH 


1  DESCRIPTION   OF   THE  COSTUMES—  CAST   OF   THE   CHARACTERS — EN 

TRANCES  AND  K.MTS — RELATIVE  POSITIONS  </F  TIIK  IT.KKORM- 

KKS  ON  THK  STAGE,  AND   THE  AVUOLK  OF  TUK  BTAUifi 

BUSINESS.  ! 


CHIGA4 

THK    DlfAMA'I'lC    ITULISIIIMJ    COMI'ANY. 


Cupyriglit,  !«)::.  by  R.  H.  KI-XSKU.  &  SON. 


T\Vo     FLAGS 

CHARACTERS. 

BKKTIE  CECIL,  of  the  First  Life  Guards;  afterwards  known  as  Louis  Victor. 

BEKKLLtv  CECIL,  his  brother. 

LORD  ROCKINUHAM,  kuowu  as  The  Seraph. 

RAKE,  au  Irish  kuight  of  the  pis/skin. 

COLONEL  CHATEAUBOV,  called  the  Black  Hawk. 

BEN  DAVIS,  a  Welcher. 

BARONI,  a  Jewish  money  lender. 

CAPTAIN  LF.ROUX.  \ 

PETIT  PICPON,        (  of  the  Cuaseenr*. 

PIERRE  MATCH,     ) 

CIGARETTE,  the  Friend  of  the  t 

VF.NKTIA,  Lord  liockiughaui's  bister;  afterwards  Princess  Corona. 

LADY  GUENEVKRE. 

NORA  McSHANE,  Veuetia'is  maid. 

DJELMA,  An  Arab  girl. 

Troopers  of  the  Chasseur.-.,  etc. 


SCENE  PLOT. 

ACT   I.— Platform  across  stage  i  j>3rd.  grooves.    Landscape  in  4th, 

Platform. 


Balustrade., 


Balustrade. 


Chair. 


Garden  bench. 


Steps. 


Chair. 


Set  cottage. 


oooooooo< 

ACT  II. 


o    o    o    o    o    o 


Aucieiit  Btreet  flat. 
Guns  stacked. 


Door. 


Entrance. 


.-     Prison  flat  in  3 


O  Table. 


Door. 


Table.  O 
Chair.  *        *  Chair. 

O  O 

ooooooooooooooooo 


TNDKl;     T\V(i     FLAGS 


ACT  III.— Fancy  Drawing-room  scene  iu  3rd  grooves. 


c.  D. 

O  O 

Small  table.  Small  table. 

Doo'r.  ^^^^_        Door. 

•O* 

Table  and  chairs. 

o  Footstool. 
O  O 

ooooooooooooooooo 

ACT  IV. 


Wood  wings. 

Set  prison  L.  2  K.  j 


^— -  — ^— 

O  O 

ooooooooooooooo 


T1MK  IN  PLAYING— TWO  AND  A  QUARTER  HOURS. 


COSTOMfS. 

BEBTIF.  CKCIL.— Act  I..  Jockey  suit,  colors  bcarlt-t  and  white.     Acts  II..  III.,  and 

IV..  French  corporal's  uniform. 
BERKELEY   CKCIL,— Ad   I.,  Li^ht  checkered   trousers,  light  coat.     Act  III.,  FuU 

dress  wuit. 

I.IIKII  liiu-KiMiiiAM  -   Act  I.,  English  riding  suit.     Act  IV.,  Dark  travelling  suit 
RAKB.- -Act  I.,  Dark  livery.     Acts  II.,  Ill  .  and  IV..  Fn-iich  unilorni. 

i.  CHATKAfitoT.—  French  colonel's  uniform  throughoi't. 
]'•>  *  DAVIS. —Act  I  ,  White  troitf  •  black  coat,  white  hat  with  black  baud. 

DM  and  make  ii|>. 

CAI-TAIS  :  r-nrh  cai>taiu's  vmiforna. 

PK  IMS-  — French  uniform. 
PIKKKK  MATHL-.  — French  uniform. 

<  IK.  —  Vivaiulier's   dress,  short,  tri-color,  all  through  piece;  wears  crosa  of 

'ii  of  Honor  aftt'r  KPCOIH!  act. 

VK.VKIM  CDKOVV.—  Act  I..  Li^ht  summer  dress.  Act  II.,  Silver-gray  train  riding 
habit:  list,  gloves,  and  whip.  Act  III..  Handsome  train  house  dress.  Act 
IV  .  Kich  dark  train  <}•  if  In  :i.l  small  handbag. 

KNKVKitK.  —  Act  I  .  Styh-li  sii'iiiner  c..siiuii'-:  parasol,  gloves,  and  handker- 
chief; riblxin  to  !•  t  anil  white. 
Mi-Shane.— Neat  waiting  luaiiPs  dress;  cap.  • 
lUKl.MA. — Fancv  Aral)  co-tunie. 


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PROPERTIES. 

ACT  I.— Garden  bench,  two  rustic  chairs,  tray  aud  glass  of  brandy,  steel  bar  for 
bell,  coat,  whip  aud  cigarettes  for  BFRTIE;  check,  small  note-book  aud  pencil  for 
BERKELEY;  pair  of  boots  aud  letter  for  RAKE;  purse  aud  money  for  VENETIA  ;  check 
for  BABONI  and  KOCKINGH  AM. 

ACT  II. — Two  common  tables,  six  t.ii  cups,  box  of  chessmen,  and  pitcher  of  tea 
on  table;  lot  of  letters,  packages  and  documents  forCiGARETE;  cigarettes  for  VIC- 
TOR; sword  for  CHATEAUROY;  rose  for  VF.NKTIA;  newspaper  for  RAKE:  coins  fur 
CHATEAUROY. 

ACT  III. — C.  D.  curtains;  fancy  furniture;  pen,  ink,  paper,  lighted  lamp,  books, 
chessmen  on  table;  document  for  CHATEAUROY. 

ACT  IV.— Five  guns,  two  sure  fire;  uote-book  and  pencil  for  VKNETIA;  document 
for  CIGARETTE. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  EVENTS. 

ACT  I.— England— Down  on  the  Shires— The  great  race — The  forged  note — A 
steeplechase  for  life. 

ACT  IT.— Algiers— After  twelve  year*— Arrival  of  Cigarette  with  papers — A  soldier 
of  France — Capture  of  the  Arab  chief),  wife — Dispatches  from  Algiers. 

ACT  III. — Evening  at  the  Nest  of  the  Silver  Pheasant — The  Little  Leopard  of 
France—"  I  could  kill  you,  and  I  will !  " — The  blow—"  You  lie,  aud  you  know  you 
lie  1 '» 

ACT  IV. — An  interval  of  two  days — The  camp  in  the  desert  an  hour  before  suu- 
rise— To  the  Grand  Marshal— Lady  \»aetia's  appeal  to  Black  Hawk— The  meeting 
of  Rockingham  and  Victor — "I  am  ready;  give  your  signal ! ''—Timely  arrival  ol 
Cigarette—"  France  1  France  ! "—  Death  of  Cigarette. 


f    STAGE  DIRECTIONS. 

R.  means  Right  of  Stage,  facing  tin-  Audience;  L.  Left;  C.  Centre;  R.  C.  Right  of 
Centre;  L.  C.  Left  of  Centre;  D.  F.  l>oor  iu  the  Flat,  or  Scenu  running  across  the 
back  of  the  Stage;  C.  D  F.  Centre.  I'oor  iu  the  Flat;  R.  D.  F.  Uiyht  Dun;-  in  the 
Flat;  L.  D.  F.  Left  Door  in  the  Flat:  H.  D.  Right  Door;  L.  D.  Left  Door;  1  E.  First 
Entrance;  2  E.  Second  Entrance ;  U.  E.  Upper  Entrance;  1,  2  or  3  G.  First,  Second 
or  Third  Groove. 

R.  R.  C.  C.  L.  C.  L. 

IS"  The  reader  is  supposed  to  be  upon  the  stage,  facing  the  audience. 


UNDER  TWO  FLAGS. 


ACT  I. 

SCENE. — LamltcHj'te  in  4//<  yroovex;  platform  hi  3>'t/;  balustrade  3rd; 
icood  n-iit'js :  s>->  cuttnyr  L.  '2  K. ;  Me/Ml  r. ;  yunlen  bench  R.  1  E. ; 
•:hair  L.  1  E. ;  chuir  up  R.  r. 

At  nse  of  curtain  RAKE  enter*,  c.,  sitiyitiy.  icitk  a  pair  of  boots  in  his 

/until. 

RAKE  (sings). 

"  There  was  plenty  of  gold  and  of  silver 

From  the  Isle  of  Connaiight  to  Tralee, 
And  tlie  diamonds  all  turned  to  potaties, 
And  the  divil  an  acre  luiv.-  we." 

•rra  !  It's  mighty  particular  the 'master  is  about  his  boots  until 
In1  puts  his  foot  in  them,  then  it's  divil  a  care,  ami  they  come  back  look- 
ing like  a  bog-trottiDS  CWbeen.  Hut  he's  a  rale  gintleman.  as  proud  as 
Julius  Cu-sar,  and  as  kind  as  the  blessed  Virgin;  and  such  a  rider;  sure 
there's  never  a  bit  of  water  so  wide  or  a  bush  so  high  but  he's  over  it 
like  u  lark. 

Kilter  LuKI)  ROCKIXCIIAM,   R.  L*.  «. 

KorKiMiiiAM.  -Wliere  is  your  master? 

KVKK.   I)r«'.v-inir  himself.  yer  honor. 

I;<>CK.  Dressing  :  i/oo/r.s ,//  „•„('•/,)  \\*hy.  it  lacks  but  fifteen  minutes  of 
starting  time. 

KAKI:  Yes.  and  mesilf  made  so  bold  as  to  tell  him  so.  and  he  finished 
Ills  cup  Of  COtiee,  and  says  he.  ••  If  [•„,  ,„,,  IV;l,|y  t|,,,y  (>an  \vait." 

ROCK.  Confound  his  Indiflerenoe  !  I  wonder  if  he  reali/es  thai  he  car- 
ries all  the  Gourds'  money.  [  |,av(.n-t  \\^\^{\  adhilling  I  stand  to  win 
on  Cecil  ami  the  King.  Think  he'll  win  ? 

liAKi-:  Win  is  it  .'  Sure  the  horse  that  beats  Forest  Kins  will  have  te 
have  Willis.  There's  -.me  -,,«»!  ones  in  the  race  though,  and  it  will  be 
hard  work  for  the  leader;  but  the  Kim:  St.  Patrick  preserve  him  — 
he  II  not  fail  ver.  yer  honor.  c/»,i,/  /•/ . 

Voiri;  ,.,„/.,,,,    .  Take  the  field,  bar  one  ! 

ROCK.  They're  -ettin-  ready  for  the  start!  For  Heaven's  sake  go 
•II  your  nuisier  to  hurry!  (/.>,/  HAKK  into  hu».- 

Kn/i'i-  I5KUKK1.KV.  i:.  r.  i:. 

HKKKKLKV.  Ah.  KockiiiLcham  !     Bertie  out  yet? 
•   No;  dn  •  -ual. 


6  UNDER     TWO     FLAGS. 

BERK.  I've  just  had  a  look  at  Forest  King;  he'll  stay. 

ROCK.  Of  course  he  will,  with  all  our  pots  on  him.  He's  too  much  of 
a  gentleman  to  put  us  all  up  a  tree;  besides,  that  horse  knows  he  car- 
ries the  honor  of  the  whole  regiment. 

BE  UK.  There  are  some  good  horses  entered.  Day  .Star  is  a  splendid 
fencer,  and  for  a  brook  jumper  Wild  Geranium  can't  be  beaten.  The 
worst  of  it  is,  Bertie  is  in  no  condition  for  hard  riding. 

ROCK.  Fact — hasn't  trained  a  bit;  he  doesn't  believe  in  it;  and  how 
a  man  who  spends  his  time  drinking  champague  and  dancing  is  going 
to  be  in  hard  riding  trim,  beats  me. 

Enter  LADY  Gi  KNKVERE,  from  house. 

LADY  GUEXEVERE.  Ah,  gentle'men,  is  it  nearly  time  for  the  start  ? 

ROCK.  Yes;  the  saddling  bell  has  already  rung,  but  Bertie  isn't  out 
yet. 

LADY  G.  Oh  yes  lie  is;  I  saw  him  live  minutes  ago.  I  have  six  boxes 
of  gloves  bet  on  him;  and  see,  I  wear  his  colors,  (shon-s  ca'ors.) 

ROOK.  Then  there'll  be  no  doubt  of  his  winning,  for  Bertie  Cecil  never 
disappoints  a  lady,  ('joafj)  Shah  we  go  to  the  grand  stand  ? 

LADY  G.  No;  the  crowd  is  too  great  for  me;  and  besides  we  have  a 
tine  view  of  the  course  froin^ifcj.  C'/"".'/)  ROCKIXGIIAM  //(?///.-•  LADY  G.  on 
chair.) 

VOICE  (outside).  Take  the  field  !    Bar  one  !  (shouts  repeatedly/.) 

Enter  RAKE,  from  house. 

SECOND  VOICE.  Two  to  one  on  Forest  King  !  (shouts.) 

FIRST  VOICE.  Ten  to  live  on  Wild  Geranium  !  (tkouls.) 

SECOND  VOICE.  Take  the  tiehl !    Bar  one !  (x&nufe.) 

ROCK.  See,  the  Hag  is  dropped;  they're  oil  !  (shouts.) 

BERK.  Bertie  has  the  start.  No,  the  Irish  mare  passes  him  like  light- 
ningl  (s/tonls.) 

ROCK.  Wild  Geranium  is  neck  and  neck  with  him — now  they  come  to 
the  first  fence  :  They're  over  1  ishou/s.  \ 

BEKK.  That  chestnut  is  not  tot  be  beaten.     See,  she  passes  the  King. 

LADY  G.  He'll  win  :     He'll  nin  !     I  know  he  will ! 

BERK.  The  chestnut  is  e\  r  ,  with  him.  (shouts)  Ye  gods !  Bertie  is 
riding  cautiously.  What's  up  '.' 

LADY  G.  Quick,  Bertie!  they're  gaining  on  you  ! 

RUCK.  Two-thirds  of  the  course  is  run.  Now  comes  ayawner!  Forest 
King  is  over  like  a  bird  !  (shouts.) 

BERK.  The  chestnut  is  over  with  him !  (shouts)  Wild  Geranium's  in 
the  brook  !  (fond  Ininihi,i<i  /-//  ron'i-s  outside.) 

FIRST  VOICE.  The  King  wins  ! 

SECOND  VOICE.  Scarlet  and  white  ahead  ! 

FIRST  VOICE.  Ten  to  five  on  the  chestnut,  (continued  shouts  outside.) 

ROCK.  Bertie  has  it ! 

BEKK.  Not  yet. 

VOICES  (iinisiilf).  The  Guards  !     The  Guards  have  it ! 

ROCK.  Now  for  the  last  fence..  The  chestnut  is  even  with  him  ?  Now, 
Bertie,  now  !  Now  one  touch  of  your  spurs.  There,  lie's  over!  (shouts 
intfsid,'.  The  chestnut  won't  jump! 

VOICKS  i outside).  The  Guards  !     The  Guards! 

RAKE.  By  the  cats  of  Kilkenny!  St.  Patrick  himself  couldn't  have 
done  it  better.  [Exit  into  house,  L. 


fXDER     TWO    FLAGS.  7 

R.X-K.   Yes.  lie's  alone  at  the  finish;  In*  has  passed  the  wire,  and  here 
he  comes  !  ,/<•;///.•>•  L  u»v  d.  from  chair  ;  .>7/c  s<v.<  R.  «/<  bench.) 

BERTIE  CECIL,  L.  r.  K..  amid  skottl*  from  OVtthle.     ROCKIXGHAM 

////«   iritli  i  -(ml. 


liEitriK  CECIL.  I'd  give  the  world  for  a  brandy  and  soda,  I'm  so  deuced 
thirsty. 

ROCK.  i  IK-IIIUVI  BERTIE  ><>  />'/(  on  c»at\.  Well,  upon  my  word  !  One 
would  think  by  your  Indifference  that  you  had  lost  instead  of  won. 

BKKT.  Well,  they  did  give  me  a  close  rub.  and  the  vase  was  his  a.s 
mudi  as  mine,  for  had  his  horse  been  as  good  fencer  as  he  is  a  water 
jumper,  we  should  have  been  neck  and  neck  at  the  finish. 

ROCK.  Well,  you  did  it  handsomely;  you  sustained  the  honor  of  the 
regiment,  and  I  congratulate  you  (shake*  Itnnds.) 

Kcit  Ro<-KixoifAM  into  house.  Knt»'r  RAKE,  irith  tray  and  brandy  and 
sod  i.  BHRTIE  drink*.  Ecit  RAKE,  irith  trtt;/  ami  glass,  into 
house. 

LADY  G.  Superbly  ridden.     But,  Bertie,  you  would  have  lost  had 

it  tint  been  tor  that  last  leap. 

BKKT.  If  I  could  not  have  IMTII  victorious  while  you  looked  on  I 
should  never  have  lived  to  meet  you  hern. 

LADY  G.  \l«i"j;iin<i\.  Now  you  are  irening  sentimental—that  amuses 
me.  Tell  me,  Bertie,  is  it  so  very  delightful,  this  desperate  effort  to 
break  your  neck  ? 

BKKT.  Well,  there  is  a  great  "leal  to  be  said  for  it;  and  until  one  hns 
broken  his  neck  the  excitement  does  not  entirely  wear  off  But  so 
many  people  break  their  necks  nowadays,  doing  the  Alps  and  all  that 
sort  of  thing,  that  I  fear  we  shall  soon  have  nothing  left  to  ourselves. 

LADY  G.  \l«n'jhiiii/).  Not  even  the  monopoly  of  sporting  suicide. 
That  I'M  hard! 

BKKT.  But  suppose  that  I  had  really  broken  my  neck,  would  you 
have  cared  ? 

L\DYG.   Tared?     Why.  Bertie! 

BKKT.  Von  Know  that  the  Jews  are  down  on  me.  That  I'm  head 
over  heels  in  detit.  Now.  suppose  that  I  had  come  to  grief  --dropped 
out  of  the  world  altogether. 

LAD*  G.   It  would  have  broken  my  !:• 

BERT.  I  didn't  know  that  you  hud  a  heart  to  break. 

LADY  G.  I  remember  not  lon»  ago  the  body  of  a  young  man  was 
found  in  the  Seme,  and  in  his  hand  he  held  a  lock  of  golden  hair—  now 
that  man  knew  how  to  die  gracefully. 

BERT.  Died  for  a  woman  V  Ahf  Well.  I  don't  think  I  should  have 
done  that—  not  even  for  you—  at  least  not  while  I  had  a  cigarette  left 

(llf//'(x  Ci^Jlll 

LADY  G.  No;  there  is  not  enough  romance  in  your  nature.  But  I 
can  recall  t',nt  ,ii<jlit  when  the  horses  ran  away,  and  you  risked  i/nur 
life  to  save  mine. 

BKRT.  That  was  a  ticklish  situation,  wasn't  it?  The  horses  had  been 
used  to  following  the  buck  hounds,  and  when  the  stags  started  up  in 
front  of  them  there  was  no  holding  them  back. 

LADY  <;.  Yes.  and  should  my  husband  hear  of  that  ride,  even  now—  I 
tremble  to  think  of  the  conset|iie; 

BKKT.  \i<-.-i  as.-ured.  I  irive  you  my  word  he  shall  never  know  thai, 
you  were  with  me  on  that  evening. 


8  UXlJlli;    TWu    FLAGS. 

LXDV  G.  I  know  that  you  will  keep  your  word:  ami  we  must  remem- 
ber that  there  are  jOm-  hours  in  hoi.k  oar  Itcen  thai  must  be  hidden 
from  this  world  forever,  (during  Hits  speech  sfif  /•<*>-.•.•.  BERTIE  (<if. 
Imn'I,  nn'f  «.v  ,s7/>'  f/K/s  In  lion*e,  Av.v.se*1  </.)  [Exd  into  house. 

BERT.  Now,  there's  the  advantage  of  making  love  to  a  woman  whc- 
has  a  husband— she  can't  marry  you. 

Eittt  i-  RAKE,  R  3.  E. 

Well.  Rake,  how  does  the  King  stand  the  strain? 

R  \KE.   Bright  as  a  bird  and  us  frisky  as  the  girls  of  Kerry. 

BERT.  Go  to  my  room;  then-  yon  will  find  some  bracelets  on  a  table, 
with  a  note;  deliver  them  to  tlie  address.  (R\K.ii.slurl.s  lo<jo)  Stay!  <>n 
your  way  back  ijet  some  Danbtiry  bits;  we'll  want  new  ones. 

liVcK.  Aye.  aye.  sir.  i^.v//-)  Sure,  it's  an  ambassador  lam.  with  more 
perfumed  notes  and  jewelries,  and  the  divil  know  what,  since  the  days 
of  Brian  Boroimhe.  [Kctt  in  to  ho  use. 

Enter  BERKELEY,  R.  i".  E. 

BERT.  Ah  !  youngster,  how  are  you  ? 

BKKK.  Beastly!    I  say.  Bert,  are  yon  in  a  hurry  ? 

BKRT.  Yes.  a  deuce  of  a  hurry:  why  ? 

BERK.  I'm  in  a  hole— no  end  of  a  hole. 

BERT.  Nothing  serious,  I  !>• 

BERK.  I  want  some  money. 

BKRT.  So  do  I;  it's  the  normal  condition  of  man  to  want  money. 
For  what  ? 

BKKK.  I  lost  a  couple  of  hundred  at  chicken-hazard  last  night,  and  I 
told  Poiilteney  1  would  settle  to-day,  but!  have  no  idea  where  I  am 
going  to  get  t'ie  money,  miles-  you  let  me  have  it. 

BERT.  I?  W  iv  I'm  in  no  end  of  a  hole  myself.  But  there,  there, 
don't  worry  a'>  >  it  it;  d<>  as  I  do— take  disagreeable  things  up  in  the 
morning  with  your  coflee,  and  put  them  down  with  it. 

BERK.  Ah  !  It's  well  enough  to  talk  that  way,  but  I  tell  you  unless  I 
pay  to-day  I'm  ruined. 

BERT.  Ruined!  See  here,  youngster,  you'll  bring  disgrace  on  all  of 
n~  some  day. 

BERK.  How  brutal  you  are,  Bertie;  are  you  such  a  mirror  of  virtue 
yourself?  I  suppose  my  debt  ^  at  the  worst  are  about  one-fifth  of  yours. 

BERT.  I'm  not  a  good  one  rn-yoi  to  copy;  I  don't   think  I  eve' 
you  I  was— however,  that  is  not  the  point.     You  want  £200.     Go  to 
the  governor,  tell  him  all;  he'll  not  refuse  you;  you  were  always  his 
favorite. 

BERK.  I'd  rather  shoot  myself  than  ask  him  for  money.  lie's  in 
trouble  about  the  mortgage;  ;he  holder  threatens  to  forecl 

BERT.   Foreclose  !     Is  it  po-sible  ? 

BEI.K-.   Yes:  I'd  rather  cut  my  throat  than  ask  him  for  money  now. 

BKRT.  See  here,  youngster,  if  I  had  the  money  it  should  be  yours,  but 
I'm  in  no  end  of  trouble  myself;  my  own  debts  may  be  called  in  at  any 
moment,  and  when  they  are  1  must  cut,  rim.  leave  the  country.  I  have 
really  less  that  I  can  call  my  own  than  the  man  who  tends  my  horses, 
but  I  am  heavily  backed  for  the  next  race,  and  it  I  win  I  will  lei  you 
have  some  money. 

BERK.  Bert,  there  is  one  way  yon  could  help  me  now,  if  you  would. 

BERT.  I  really  don't  see  how. 

BERK.  I  am  hot  of  age,  and  of  course  my  signature  is  of  no  use. 


UNDER    TWO    FLAGS.  9 

Now  you  are  such  chums  with  Rockinuliam,  and  lie's  as  rich  as  all  the 
Jews  put  together.  He'd  let  you  have  the  money  in  a  minute ;  now 
won't  you  '.' 

BBRT.  What  you  ask  is  impossible.  If  I  did  such  a  thing  as  that  I 
should  deserve  to  be  hounded  out  of  the  Guards  to-morrow. 

BKHK.   You  speak  a*  though  it  would  be  a  crime. 

BEKT.  It  would  be  a  trick  of  a  swindler,  and  it  would  be  the  shame 
or  a  gentleman.  That  is  an.-wer  enough. 

BERK.  Then  you  will  not  do  it  ? 

BEKT.  (cru.w*  /,,  Itotiae).  \  have  r.-plied  already.  Although  our 
father  is  a  peer  of  England,  we  are  none  the  less  penniless  beggars. 
What  right  have  we  to  borrow  of  our  friends? 

\y.rit  a, to  //oust'.      (Pliiiiiliri-  111 

BMIJK.  >>'»<>''.  -.s-  nj'ffi-  In  in}.  What  is  to  be  done?  I  was  sure  he  would 
let  me  have  the  money.  The  note  is  due  to-day.  I  dare  not  ask  the 
governor  for  it.  and  I  have  not  the  courage  to  face  the  consequences. 
Nothing  remains  for  me  but  to  leave  this  place  forever,  (takes  oitt  not?. 
l:<><,k.  (vo.v.vKx-  in  h.>n<-k  and  tcnh's)  "Bert.  1  a.-ked  you  for  money;  it 
was  no*,  to  pay  a  iramblini:  debt.  1  forced  your  name  and  Rocking- 
ham's  to  a  note  that  is  due  to-day.  I  thought  you  would  let  me  have 
the  money;  but  now  nothing  remains  for  me  but  to  cut  and  run,  as  I 
dare  not  i'ace  ilie  irovi-rnor.  Yours,  etc,,  Berkeley."  (fol<ls  note)  I  will 
hand  this  to  Rake.  [/:'.'•<(,  R.  1  E. 

Dwis.  '..  3  E.,  loolcnt'j  nronnd  cniittousty,  beckons  on  BAROXI. 
Slow  mt 

D\vis.  There!  That's  done,  and  if  that  horse  wins  again  with  a 
painted  bit  I'm  a  Dutchman. 

BAROM.  Vat  a  child  you  vas.  You  make  so  much  noise  the  whole 
hoii-sp  vill  hear  you. 

I»vv.  That  cursed  swell:  I've  paid  him  off  at  last 

BAR.  Vat  a  child  you  vas  to  spoil  so  iron.!  a  horse  just  because  his 
master  kicked  you  into  the  ditch. 

D\v.  It  was  a  bad  day  for  him  when  he  did  it,  curse  him  !  Those 
stuck-up  swells,  thev  won't  give  in— not  even  when  they  are  mortal 
kit 

I?  MI.  Veil,  vat's  the  dilleivnce.  so  lon^  as  you  hare  hit  'em  and  you 
Jacket  the  monish. 

l)\v.  Oh.  liauir  the  blunt :  it's  revenge  I  want.  Now  see  here,  my 
piireon.  you  put  that  swell  to  the  grindstone  for  the  second  act  of  our 
comedy. 

BAR.  Comedy— comedy:  it'?  more  like  a  trajrody.  Just  you  wait 
until  after  the  uc\t  race,  and  don't  you  put  your  bi^  paw  in  it,  or  you'll 
Ipoil  the  puddins. 

]>w.  You  know  as  well  as  I  do  that  I  can't  show  in  the  game;  oh, 
\)llt  bless  me,  I'd  like  to. 

B\R.   Sav.  what  if  Rockinnham  should  pay  up  to  save  his  friend? 

J)\v.  What  !  without  wriniring  mydamtv  lurd'.- neck?  No,  not  tor  all 
the  inoiiev  ,,f  the  RoiMM'lulds.  But  when  I  see  him  smashed,  crushed, 
tuined.  then  I'll  have  my  revenue. 

BM:.  Oh.  vat  a  child  \ou  v;is.  r »/.«•/.•  |  mid  vat  a  damn  fool.  (ul<»i<n 
Veil,  you  take  the  revenue  and  I'll  take  the  monish.  my  dear. 

/•.'//'.•/•  R\KE,  i..  r.  i  .NI  <//('/  DAMS. 

K\KI;.   Hello!     By  the  -uul  (»f  Sally  Callahan,  if  there  ain't  as  purty  i» 


10  UNDER    TWO    FLAGS. 

pair  of  divils  as  her  put  foot  to  ground,  (aloud)  Hello  !  what  are  you 
up  to  here  ? 

BAR.  Nothing;  we— we  wen-  ju-t  taking  a  walk  in  the  park. 

KAKK.  Taking  a  walk;  and  are  you  sure  it's  nothing  else  you're  tak- 
ing'.' Hut  who's  your  mate  over  there  \vid  a  face  on  him  like  the  day 
uft'-r  D.mnybrook  fair'' 

15  u{.   He's  a  cousin  o'  mine  onto'  Yorkshire. 

IKv.  Yes,  I  be  his  cousin  out  of  Yorkshire,  just  come  down  to  see 
the  races,  (spoken  in  Yorkshire  dialect.) 

RVKE.  Well,  you  look  more  like  yer  come  to  yer  own  funeral;  sure, 
if  it's  wanting  a  race  yes  are,  I'll  give  yer  one  with  the  dogs.  (tchi*(l.nx 
off  K.  ) 

DAV.  (starts  for  R\KE,  is  ttopped  by  BAUO.VI).  What,  you  infernal 
Irishman;  you  set  the  dogs  on  me? 

UVKK.  Sure.  I  don't  think  they'd  hurt  you;  that  face  of  yours  would 
scare  the  whole  pack  of  them. 

Dw.  (starts  for  RIKR;  BAROXI  stops  him}.  You  infernal  hostler,  I'll 
wring  your  neck! 

B\K.  (a*id»  to  DAVIS).  Vat  a  child  you  vas.  Don't  got  so  excited. 
Come,  we'll  settle  with  him  after  the  master.  [Kof,  L.  f.  E. 

Dvv.  (looks ,ti".rcel a  nl.  KAKK).  1 11  see  you  again,  and  when  I  do  I'll 
kick  that  Irish  head  of  yours  iuto  a  cocked  hat.  [K.a.t.  r,.  r.  K. 

RAKK.  Maybe  you'd  better  take  the  measure  of  me  head  now,  so  it 
will  be  sure  and  fit.  Faith,  with  two  dirty  blackguards  like  that  to- 
gether there's  dirty  work  to  be  done  somewhere,  and.  by  the  same 
token,  I've  seen  that  Yorkshire  lad  before.  By  the  rock  of  Cashel.  if  it 
ain't  the  same  welcher  that  Mr.  Cecil  threw  out  of  tbe  betting  ring. 
Bedad,  I'll  keep  me  eyes  odmhein.  aud  if  there's  anything  wrong  I'll 
give  them  a  taste  of  as  elegant  a  piece  of  blackthorn  as  ever  cracked  a 
head  at  Donuybrook.  (Irish  specialty — song  awl  dance.)  [E.cit,  R.  1  K. 

Enter  BERTIE  and  ROCKING  H  AM  from  house.    BERTIE  sits  R.  ;  ROCKIXC- 

HAM  L. 

ROOK.  Lady  Guenevere  is  certainly  a  very  charming  woman.  I 
would  give  a  great  deal  if  she  thought  as  much  of  me  as  she  does  of  you. 

BKIU.  She  is  a  very  charming  woman;  but,  do  you  know,  she  loves 
nothing  in  this  world  as  mudi  as  her  family  diamonds. 

ROOK,  (liiuglis).  Confound  you.     You  require  too  much  sentiment. 

BEIJT.  (lighting  cigarette).  Seraph,  I've  been  thinking — 

ROOK,  (laughing).  Youdou't  mean  it.  Never  "st  it  be  known,  or 
you'll  lose  your  reputation. 

BERT.  I've  been  thinking  what  a  fellow  mi:rht  do  if  he  came  l<> 
grief— dropped  out  of  the  world  altogether.  IX  you  know,  I  think 
there  are  vast  fields  open. 

R'.CK.  Gold  fields? 

BKKT.  NTo,  no;  I  mean  a  field  for— what  d'ye  call  it— genius— that's 
the  word. 

ROHK.  Nonsense.  You'd  better  be  thinking  of  the  next  race.  Are 
you  sure  of  yourself? 

BERT.  I  am  never  sure  of  anything,  much  less  myself. 

HOCK.  Then  what  the  deuce  do  you  mean  br  Celling  us  to  pile  our 
pots  on  you  ? 

BERT.  My  friend,  I  may  disappoint  you,  but  Forest  King  never  will. 

Enter  RAKE,  quickly,  B.  C.  B- 


VNHKK    TWO    FLAGS.  11 

R\KE.   Mi-.  Cecil.  there  is  something  the  mutter  with  the  King.  (HER- 

TIE  '</<(/  RoCKIMHIA.M  l,(jtli  fist'  itml  c.fi-ln •  ,,l  The  Khlg!) 

\K.'-it  KoCKINtillAM.    K.    f.    K. 

RVKE.  It's  a-  true  us  I'm  me  father's  son,  the  elegant  beast  is  all 
aheap  in  his  stall. 

BERT.  Some  one  must  have  doctored  him. 

RAKE.  Doctored  or  poisoned:  it's  all  the  same  thing. 

Enter  LADY  GUENEVERE//WW  house. 

LADY  G.  Why,  how  serious  you  look,  Bertie.     What  lias  happened? 

BERT.  Something  is  the  matter  with  the  King,  (to  RAKE)  Go  get  a 
veterinary  at  once.  •,-•./•//  HAKE,  K.  r.  E.  Aside)  There  goes  the  last 
plunk  that  stood  between  me  and  rain. 

Enter   HOCKINGUAM,  R.  U.  E. 

ROCK.  Yes.  it  is  too  true:  the  Kin<r  is  completely  knocked  oft  his 
Some  one  must  have  docioied  him.     (July  let  me  find  the  villain. 
-,.   When  you  do,  leave  him  to  me.     My  lady,  I  trust  you  will  ex- 
cuse me.  [Krif,  R.  u.  E. 
LADY  G.  Co  ROCKIS<;HAMY  Is  it  true:  \\t!l  he  not  be  fit  for  the  race? 
R.'.'K.  No.  I  fear  Forest  King  has  run  his  last  race. 
LxnvG.  It  is  too  bad.     Bertie  depended  greatly  on  this  race,  and 
the  Guards  will  lose  heavily  too. 

ROCK.  Yes.  they  will  be  hard  hit.  not  so  much  on  account  of  the 
monev.  but  the  fame  of  the  regiment  rested  on  tins  race. 

LADY  G.  I  feel  so  sorry  for  Bertie,. alia  the  field  will  be  without  a 
favorite.  (*.rtt  into  hou*>-.  L/'jldx  turned  doim.  ROCKI.NUIIAM  xftirf.t 
lo  folio  if.) 

Enter  BAROXI,  B.  1T.  E.,  <r'm  .s-/o/;.s-  Jnm. 

BAR.  The  most  noble,  the  Marquis  of  Rockingham,  I  think? 

ROCK.  Yes;  what  do  you  want  ? 

BAR.    I  want  to  ask  your  lordship  is  that  your  signature?  (skovs 

f'l,l-i/,  il    /nil'1.  ) 

'    ROCK.  i/o. //•/„;/  ill.  it).  No,  I  never  made  my  R's  half  so  well  as  that. 

( '///•//>•  to  i/o.) 

BAR.  One  moment,  if  you  please;  I  want  to  ask  you  one  more  ques- 
tion. Did  you  endorse  a  bill  on  the  fifteenth  of  the  month  ? 

HOCK    Tlie  fifteenth  '.'     No:  why  do  you  ask? 

I'.VK.  I  will  tell  your  lordship  if  you  will  grant  me  a  private  interview. 

ROCK  Well,  step  into  the  house.  !'•.'•// r.Aitn.M  ///  Jionsi''\.  That  little 
piece  of  paper  looked  very  strange.  I  wi-h  I  hud  admitted  the  signa- 
ture. Some  poor  devil  will  be  getting  into  a  scrape,  (follows  BAKONI.  » 

Knti-r  BBKTIE,  R.  3  E. 

r.Kirr.    Poor  Kin-!     To  break  up  like  u  hack   out   of  a   livery   stable 

iMed  to  me  he  almost  knew  my  trouble  from  the  way  he  looked  at 

. •//)   Five  o'clock.     Iii  three  hours  I  am  expected  at  a  ball,  where 

all  will  be  bright  and  huppy;  and  in' three  hours  I   will    perhaps   be  an 

alien. 

Enter  RAKE,  R.  ::  B. 

RAKE.  Mr.  Cecil,  the  doctor  is  with  the  King.      I  met  Mr.   Berkeley 


12  VXDEB     TWO     FLAGS. 

as  I  was  coming  back,   and  he  gave  me  this   letter  to  give  to  you, 
sor.  (hands  letter.) 

BEKT.  (mis  L.).  Very  well.  See  that  everything  possible  is  done  for 
the  King,  and  don't  leave  the  stable,  ('-.at  RAKE,  K.  u.  E.J  How  gladly 
would  1  exchange  places  with  that  fellow.  Better  be  one  of  them  than 
trained  for  the  great  race,  entered  with  cracks  and  weighted  with  the 
chains  of  poverty. 

Enter  VEXETIA,  L.  1  K. 

Ah,  little  one,  where  are  all  your  playmates  ?  (plaintive  music.) 

VEXETIA.  (kneeling  at  hts  snle).  Ob,  I  don't  care  for  children.  Mr. 
Cecil,  they  say  that  you  have  lost  all  your  money.  Is  it  true  '! 

BEIIT.  Do  "they  ?  They  nre  not  far  wrong  then.  But  who  are 
-they,"  little  one  ? 

VKX.  Why,  cvervbodv:  and  they  say  you  are  ruined.  Is  that  true. 
loo? 

BEIIT.  I  am  afraid  it  is.  But  what  do  you  know  of  these  things;  anil 
how  did  you  find  me  here? 

VEX.  Now  please  don't  be  angry.  I  came  because  I  heard  you  had 
lost  all  your  money,  and  I  want  you  to  take  mine,  (shows  pnrsr.) 

BEKT.  (drawing  her  In  ////in.  How  some  man  will  love  you  some 
day.  I  thank  you  from  my  heart. 

VEX.  (empti'-.K  >•<>/, i*  m  ha  *-<iud).  See  !  it's  all  bright  goal,  and  if  it 
is  not  enough  my  brother  Rock  will  give  you  more,  (gives  purse  and, 
nil  to  him.) 

BKKT.  God  bless  you,  my  little  friend,  (kisses  her  forehead.) 

VEX.  Then  you  will  take  it ". 

BEKT  No,  no,  I  cannot  lai*e_J'our  money,  my  child,  (giving  it  lack] 
•  but  I  love  you  none  the  less  because  1  refuse  it. 

VEX.  Then  you  will  take  nothing  ?  Ov.sv.v.  i 

BKKT.  (fining,  ilropa  Ht^r).  I  will  take  this  little  purse  if  you  will 
give  it  to  me,  and' keep  it  in  memory  of  you.  May  I '.' 

VEX.  Yes.  Oh  see,  Mr.  Cecil,  you  have  dropped  something.  (pii:ks 
a  l>  letter  and  hands  it  to  him.) 

BKKT.  You  will  allow  me  ?  (op>'ns  and  reads  letter)  "Bert,  I  asked 
you  for  money.  It  was  not  to  pay  a  gambling  debt.  I  forged  your 
name  and  Rookinghanf s  to  a  note  that  is  due  to-day.  I  thought  you 
would  let  me  have  the  mone\ ;  but  now  nothing  remains  for  me  but  to 
(.•nt  and  run,  as  I  dare  not  face  the  governor.  Yours,  etc.,  Berkeley." 
.Shameful!  Shameful! 

VKX.   What  is  it?     Anythinir  worse? 

BERT.  There  could  lie  nothing  worse.  It's  the  vilest,  blackest  shame. 
There,  there,  run  into  the  house,  and  tell  no  living  creature  what  I 
have  told  you.  daki's  //«/•  tou-ard  house.) 

VKX.  I  would  rather  stay  with  you. 

BERT.  No,  go  dear:  you  would  please  me  better  by  going.  You  will 
tell  no  one  ?  I  can  trust  yon  ? 

VEX.  Yes,  Mr.  Cecil,  you  can  trust  me.  [Exit  into  house. 

BERT.  Oh,  God  !  If  it  were  anythinir — anything  except  disirrace. 
Forgery!  I  wonder  if  the  boy  know"  what  it  meant.  It's  all  my  fault ; 
I  promised  his  dying  mother  to  watch  over  him,  to  keep  him  from  evil 
companions,  and  now  it  is  too  late,  too  late,  (./o.-s  np  stage.) 

Eitler  ROCKIXUHAM/'W//  house,  thrusting  BAROXI  out. 

ROCK.  Now.  you  scoundrel,  there's  Mr.  Cecil;  stand  out  and  see  if 
you  can  look  him  in  the  face. 


UNDER    TWO    FLAGS.  13 

BAR.  But  you  are  so  very  violent, -so  very  violent,  your  lordship. 

ROCK.  Silence !  See  here,  Bert— never  heard  of  such  a  trick — con- 
found it,  can't  bring  myself  to  say  it  This  hound  dares  to  bring  a 
-•liarire  against  you. 

BAR.  You  have  neglected  to  state  that  the  charge  is  one  of  forgery. 

BERT.   Fnnjfriil  (/on;  lint  iri/ft  t>if«'ntsvfr<>/ini/.) 

ROCK.  Out  with  your  story.  Tell  it  to  his  face,  and  then  receive  the 
punishment  you  deserve. 

BAK.  That  is  soon  done,  your  lordship.  I  simply  charge  the  Honor- 
able Bertie  Cecil  with  negotiating  one  bill  with  my  linn  on  the  fifteenth 
nf  tltn  •iminili.  That  bill  was  made  out  in  his  favor  and  accepted  by 
you.  Your  signature  you  admitted  was  forged,  and  with  that  forgery  I 
charge  \o"1-  friend. 

BKKT.  Un  t/it'fif'ti'>'n//t!  (intensely  and  tow.) 

ROCK.  Heavens;  How  can  you  stand  there  like  that?  Why  don't 
you  speak  ? 

BERT.  I  am  not  guilty. 

ROCK.  Why,  of  course  you  are  not. 

BAR.  AVe  shall  be  pleased  to  find  it  so;  but  where  are  your  proofs  ? 

BERT.   I  give  you  my  n-onl. 

BAR.  Your  word  is  the  word  of  a  gentleman.  But  we  men  of  busi- 
ness must  have  proofs,  my  dear. 

ROCK,  (crosses  R.  1  to  BARONI.)  You  dog?  If  you  use  that  tone  again 
I'll  strangle  you. 

BAR.  Pardon  me,  your  lordship,  but  you  are  so  very  violent.  Now 
this  little  piece  of  paper  was  presented  at  my  office  on  the  evening  of 
the  fifteenth,  about  half  past  seven  o'clock,  (to  BERTIE)  Now,  if  you 
were  not  there,  where  were  you? 

ItofK.  Answered  in  a  moment. 

Bi:ur.  (to  RocKiNGHAM)  On  the  fifteenth  ?  ((im'tie)  I  was  at  Richmond 
with  Lady  (Jueiievere,  and  I  have  given  her  my  word  that  no  one  shall 
know  it. 

KOI -K.   Yes;  were  yon  at  mess,  the  club,  dressing  for  dinner,  or  where? 

BERT.  (sl<m-/i/).  I  cannot  tell. 

BAK.  Just  what  I. thought;  sounder  the  circumstances  we  must  place 
your  good  friend  under  arrest. 

Koi-K.  Siii-itr,'.  you  houndl  (about  to  sir&e  him.} 

BAR.  Pardon  me.  your  lordship,  but  we  an-  wasting  time.  You  must 
now  be  convinced  of  your  friend's  guilt. 

HOCK.   Convinced  J     I'd  sooner  believe  in  my  own  disgrace. 

BAR.   But  how  is  it  lie  is  unable  to  tell  where  he  was  between   the 
live  and  nine  on  the  evening  of  the  fifteenth  ? 

ROCK,  ('liable?  He  is  not  unable;  he  simply  declines.  But  (  am 
the  injured  party.  Here  is  a  check :  fill  it  out,  and  I  will  exchange  it 
for  the  forged  note,  ibmi'ls  <•?«•<•/.•. ) 

B\K.  (refusing).  What  you  ask  is  impossible.  A  crime  like  this  can- 
not be  hushed  up  with  money.  (/<>  BERTIE)  Now,  will  you  go  with  me 
quietly,  or  must  we  employ  force'.' 

BERT.   I  will  go  with  you  ijiiiefly. 

Slop.      Where  you  go  I  follow. 

BAR.   Kxcuse  me.   your  lordship,  but  I  rely  on  him  to  go  with  me 
fprietlv.     You  see  we  can   no   longer  consider  him  as  the  son  of  the 
•MII'  K'oyallieu.  but  simply  as  an  arrested  forger. 

ROCK.    What  !     You  hound  I  (nl><»it  In  *//•//,-><  hhn:  BERTIE  A.-/O/K  him.) 

BEKT.  My  friend,  we  degrade  oiirsehes  by  resistance.  Take  the 
Kin-  keep  him  for  my  sake.  Now  leave  me;  it.  is  my  wish. 


14  rxnr.R   TWO   n,,u;s. 

HOCK.  If  it  is  your  wish  I  will  yield.  (ynex  ton-urd 

l>Ki:r.  (offer  MI  luind).  Rockiiiirliam,  will  you  take  it  still  ? 

HOCK.  fake  it?  Before  all  tin;  world  always,  conic  what  will. 
'slmk'-x  luiii'l.  ,  [K.'-tf  iit  IK 

iii.KL  Now,  sir,  I  am  ready,  (linrr»-il  IIIHXK-;  BAKUM  'n'cko/ts  to 
DAVIS.) 

Enter  DAVIS,  u.  1  E. 

B\R.  There  is  our  man.     Seize  him  ! 

BKKT.   What  docs  this  moan  ? 

BAR.  H  means  we  cannot  tm.-t  y<nt:  you  mi^ht  escape. 

BKKT.  I  n'ave  you  my  word  to  ijo  with  you  <|iiietly.  You  should  have 
trusted  me.  I  should  have  doij*  so.  But  curse  you,  sooner  than  iro  to 
prison  in  slight  of  men,  and  in  company  ot  two  such  villains  as  you.  I'll 
light  you  to  the  death!  (Is/i.st/.i'xs  <>f  slr>i<j<jh>. 


Enter  RAKE,  R.  u.  E.,  trJio  seizes  BAUOXI.     BERTIE  tliroirs  DAVIS,  xtint'h 
over  him. 

Rake,  saddle  the  brown  mare  at  once!     And  then  a  steeplechase  for 
life! 


CURTAIN. 

Lights  flashed  al  c>n-tiint.     Ciirtnin,  quick. 


ACT   II. 

SCEXE. — Ancient  fifwt  h>  \th  r/roores.     Prison  in  3>-<l,   l)o.njd  to  rep- 
\ent  fitn-rifc/cff.     (jn,if  stacked  in  street  at  back  extra n<-<>.     /;/,- 
ti-nni-i'  centre.     $<>lii  >irtv>n  rises,  drinking, 

fang/iiny,  ninyiny,  ' 

'    CAPTAIN.  Did  I  not  say  'y  would  eat  fire? 

I'KTIT  Pici-ox.   He  rules  :    -e  an  Arab. 

CAPF.  Cuts  otT  a  head  w;t:i  that  back  circular  sweep.  Ah-li-h.  mag- 
nificent! «if  ap/,liuid.'\ 

PIEKRK  MATOT.  Audi  like  a  Zouave!  (rill  In ».'//'.) 

CAPT.  And  he  dances  like  an  aristocrat,  and  not  "ke  a  tipsy  solii,"r. 

(till  III  >/'//!.) 

FK.  When  did  lie  join  '.' 

CAPT.  Ten — twelve  \eai-  ao;o,  or  thereabmits.  Pv's  an  Englishman, 
I  think. 

PIERRE.  Why? 

CAPT.  Because  when  he  bathes  lie  splashes  like  a  water  dog.  (nil 
lfi»<//t.) 

Pn:.  And  when  he  ride-,  he  rises  in  his  stirrups. 

CAPT.  And  he  knows  lu-.v  to  box,  too.  I  wish  he  was  in  our  corps 
instead  of  the  I'hick  Hawk's,. 

Pic.  The  Black  Hawk  l.,ife<i  him,  and  he  is  kept  down  in  consequence. 
Now.  if  he  had  been  in  oivj  ''"I'ps,  he  would  have  had  the  Cross  by  this 
time. 


rVDF.R     TWO    n.\  I") 

,I:ETTE.  (n>/f*»J*\.  Hello  !  hello  ! 
Who  have  we  here  •' 

[elio!  hello  :  IMcpon! 

•  ite!   It's  Ci-rarette  !  (rushes  off 
etie  !   Cigarette  :     /,  -..//W,  calling  same. 

!••'].  \Vln.ji  !     Stand  still,  you  brute,  what's  the  matter  with 
•.  hold   of  my  liors.'  there.  (soiimlx  of  l<iu<jhli-r;  slu/'/i'/ty;  sol- 

,    t'l/.-l/l'J  s'llji*.     K.    Illl'll...    A/'/;/1' 


•  'H;  AKF.ITK.  r..  >•<-,/</,<>,•>•  s>'j,in;i/,\  ',  avnig  //.-.••  /  audience 


>n  Iiiiinh.    v>'hy.   what  children  you  are; 

you  push  and  scramMe  and  tear  like  a  -et  of  nmnk'-\s  after  a  nut. 
Keep  away  from  me,  every  one  of  you,  or  you  shall  not  have  so  much 
os  a  letter. 

R.).    Well,  if  you  hadn't  had  a  letter  in  six  months  you'd  scram- 
.Me.  too. 

Me  -.     Ha.  ha!     1  never  received  'a  letter  in  my  life.     Attention  ! 

•••!«)  To  the  front  all  of  you  as  I  call  you.     Leon  Hamon  !  (n  sol- 

•'iH'tnif!  •  .  letter  from  your  mother. 

new  you  a-J  well  as  I  do  sin?  would  not  care  whether  you  were 

"«'/•.-  -til  luit'iln  Ftfrre  Matoa  !  («w»es  /orwwrd 

Some  i»ai>('i-s   from   1'aris:  uinie  new,  only  nine  months 

old.  I-e  <  laptai  I'nnrard  // 

\   woman  lias  sent  yon  a  ION  e  -crawl  and  some  tobacco.     Ah! 
knew  that  all  your   \  d  in   -nioke  !   (nil  Ittw/h;  li>>  fit/.w 

rlcpo  •>»•- 

n,«1  .sv//»/<-vi     Here  i>  -nine  !  'en,  so  it 

-   I-:.)  Captain,    i 
,.ere  are  \oiir  jiai'er.-.    lev 

•w  that  is  all. 
in  front  of  //>'!•)   You  have  done  well.     Come,  give 
ie  a  k  "i  VIN'S  /'!<•••:  nil  l>i<i,/J,.  ) 

(  ih.  I  don't  like  bad  wine  after  good.     I've  just 
on)  Corporal  Victor. 
CUT.  (hoi/my  :     Your  heart  gone  out  to  that  English- 

1  .  he's  not  an  Englishman. 
ilow  do  you  know  ~! 

•"f/fi)  and  then 

2  ill  him.  ('////  litit'jh]    I5ut  hef  ise  conies.  (\\V.K\-\V.  "]•/• 
in  speak  for  himself.     Ah.  n.oii  corporal,  le  captaine  a 
are  KiiL'lish  —  hy  mv  faith   I   l>e|;e'..-  him.     Hav  some   \\ 

!  r  it,  I  never  sell  had 

B  You  do  me  mnch  honor,  ma  lx  Mich  honor. 

Cii:.   In  what  count  rv  did  yon  learn  such  line  mai 

ould  one  |«-ani  courtesy  if  not  in  Krai 

i  hey  say  that  you  me   Knirhsh.     !    do   not    believe   them.     A 
panianl.  eh  ''. 

I  >o  you  liud  me  so  devout  a  Catholic  that  you  think 

Still  worse;  have  yon  ev.  •  jeat  at  ca: 

I'M-.  An  Austrian,  then?     You  wait/,  like  •!  white 
No. 


16  UNDER    TWO    FLAGS. 

Cio.  What  are  you,  then  ? 

BERT.  A  soldier  of  France  !  (nncorers  ;  all  mini'*')  Can  you  wish  me 
more  ? 

Cm.  True,  mon  brave,  but  you  were  not  always  a  soldier  of  France. 
What  were  you  before  ? 

BERT,  (all  listen  eagerly).  Before?    Well — a  fool !  (all  laugh.) 

CIG.  Oh,  well,  you  belonged  to  the  majority  then.  Is  that  cigarette 
a  good  one  you  are  smoking  ? 

I!I:UT.   Yes,  fair. 

CIG.  Give  me  one.  (he  gives  her  ci'jarette;  business  of  lighting  it)  Du 
women  smoke  in  your  country  '! 

BKRT.  Oh,  yes,  some  of  them. 

Cio.  Where  is  it,  then  ? 

BERT.  I  have  no  country — now. 

CIG.  Did  you  leave  anything  there  you  cared  for  ? 

BERT.  Yes. 

CIG.  What  was  it;  a  woman  ? 

BERT.  No;  a  horse,  (all  laugli.) 

CIG.  (jumps  off  table).  Your  cigarette  is  good,  which  is  more  than  I 
can  say  of  your  company. 

CAPT.  She's  very  pretty;  is  she  not? 

BERT.  Yes,  too  pretty  to  1  •  misexed  by  such  a  life  as  this. 

Cm.  Unsexed!  Take  care!  If  you  have  a  woman's  face  why  may 
not  I  have  a  man's  soul  ?  [Ki:it,  L.  3  E.,  in  anger. 

CAPT.  (seated  at  table  with  VICTOR).  A  regular  little  spitfire;  but  she 
loves  the  tri-color  better  than  her  life,  (looks  at  chessmen)  But  do  you 
curve  these  pretty  ivories  • 

BERT.  Yes;  I  do  this  in  m\"!7-i.sure  moments. 

CAPT.  They  are  worth  an  Arab's  ransom.  But,  corporal,  we  were 
talking  of  the  accidents  of  fortune  that  sent  us  all  into  the  ranks. 
Now  there  is  Mademoiselle  Cora  in  Paris  sends  us  more  men  than  the 
conscription.  The  War  Minister  should  give  her  the  Cross,  (laughs) 
Come,  now,  you  fell  with  the  rest;  did  not  a  woman  send  you  here? 

BRRT.  No;  only  chance. 

CAPT.  Oh,  a  fig  for  chance.  We  are  all  quoting  our  tempters  to-night. 
Come,  give  us  your  history. 

BERT.  You  have  it  as  well  us  my  sword  can  write  it. 

CAIT.  Good  !  And  yom  -sword  writes  in  a  brave  man's  fashion. 
Writes  what  France  love.-  '•,>  read.  But  before  you  wore  the  sword 
were  you  in  love;  a  gamester,  or  what  ? 

BERT,  (starting  to  feet  \.  M  'iisieur !  (salutes)  Direct  obedience  is  a  sol- 
dier's iliitii.    I  never  was  taught  that  inquisitive  arrogauce  was  ai 
cer's  privilege. 

CAPT.  (rising).  A  right  rebuke,  (salutes)  fairly  given  and  well  de- 
served. I  thank  you  for  the  lesson,  (shakes hand  and  crosses  to  L.  1  E. 
Aside)  I'd  give  a  year's  pay  to  know  that  fine  fellow's  historv. 

[K.rii,  L.  1  E. 

Enter  BLACK  HAWK  and  LAV?  VENETIA,  c.  front  R. 

BLACK  HAWK.  So,  my  lady,  you  like  Algiers.  It  is  historic  certainly, 
and  offers  many  attractions  for  strangers. 

—  VEN.  There  is  much  to  ac'.mire.  and  much  more  to  excite  our  wonder. 
Everything  is  so  interesting    even  these  soldiers  of  yours  are  a  study. 
B.  H.  Yes,  but  they  are 4  worthless  lot;  look  at  them  now.  (come 


UXDEK     T\V()     ri.A<;s.  17 


ilnir,,  ,\  To  ,W/?«>r.--)  Fine  work  this,  (n'!  .tlnrl  mid  talute)Yan  shall 
pay  for  it  in  the  guard  house.  Oil' to  your  quarters,  all  of  you  ! 

\.\ll i-.i-'f.  i:.  I!  K.  in  'loor. 

•••  i,.  1  r.:  saluU  <i.  M.  le  Colonel,  the  fault  was  mine. 
i;    H.   Whenever  there  is  insubordination  in  the  regiment  the  blame 
is  certain  to  be  yours.     And  if  you  allow  your  men  to  turn  the  barracks 
into  a  riot  or  a  county  l'air.\ou'll  lind  yoin>e!f  degraded  from  the  rank 
\oiicontrive  to  disgrace.  Where  did  you  get  those 

chessmen  ? 

.  1  made  them. 

VK\.  ('nick  oj  tali!?;  CIGARETTE  lixft-ns  af  l>fick).  What  wonderful 
skill  !  Would  you  sell  them  ? 

BKKT.  They  are  at  your  service,  nun1. 
^  YKN.  (miHf.-t  doirn  .sfni^.  u.  1  K. ).  And  the  price? 

BKKT.  Is  the  honor  of  your  acceptance,  i  //owing)  if  you  will  deign  to 
grunt  me  that.  ('CKJARKTTE  *//••>•  on  tulile  n//  stay?,  L.) 

VI.N.  Thank  you:  your  clever  work,  of  course,  can  only  become  mine 

'by  purchase.  (. -..••,/  (':.;  \I:KTI-E.  L.  r.  r..  i  Con  .',  colonel,  shall  we  step  in 

here?  we  may  lind  something  that  will  interest  me.    (BLACK   HAWK 

-.  n. )  \Rrit  VEXETIA,  R, 

B.  H.  Corporal.  '  BKKTIE  xti/iifcs)  my  lady  will  look  at  your  toys  again ; 
leave  them  here  until  we  return.  (BEKI  : 

[£>•</  BI.,CK  HAWK  after  VEXETIA. 

K/il'-r  CICJARETTE,  L.;  qrts  on  tnl,l-. 

BERT,  (crosses  »p  sft/i/p  mid  Jonl-s  fifti-r  them;  then  c rouses  doirn  to 
K.  1,  if  nr  («'>/••  \.  How  beautiful  she  is  !,_jki.  !  (.-./<///*)  Ah,  why  must  I 
Eorget  I  ever  had  the  right  to  bear  the  titfe  of  gentleman,  (musingly) 

What  is  there  in  her  face  that  recalls  something  of  my  old  life.  I  won- 
der if  the  Black  Hawk  loves  her.  I  wonder  it  1  shall  never  teach  him 
that  he  may  some  day  i;o  too  far. 

ion  tnlili'.  Innijlmiij).  We  -.   not  traders;  aren't  we? 

You  are  no  peddler,  eh?  Ha!  ha,!  ha!  Of  what  are  you  thinking? 
That  yon  would  rather  be  called  out.  court  marshalled  and  shot  than 
have  your  toys  inspected  by  the  Black  Hawk.  That  is  what  you  are 
thinking,  eh  ? 

BKKT.  Wi-11.  why  not  ?    I  irrant  his  riirht.in  field  and  barracks,  but 

i  }\\,  hut  i-  a  blank  cartridge,  and  ne\*/>-<lid  anything  but  in 

dead  or  don't  aim  at  all.  So  you  won't  obey  Chateauroy 
in  this?  "I  will  show  my  blood  if  1  die  for  it."  That  is.  what  you  are 
'siikinir:  are  you  not  ? 

.  Something  almost  as  foolish,  perhaps.   You're  a  witch,  little 
iie:  a  witch. 

A  witch  !    Ha.  ha,  ha  !    Who  ever  d.^.bted  it  but  you  ?    Oh.  yes. 
I  can  put  two  and    two  together,  and   read    men's  thoughts,  ulthcunh  1 
can't  read  Ihe  alphabet.     But   listen  to  me;  one  example  set  on  yom 
part  and  !!i--<-  ,-oldiers  will  mutiny.     What  \\ilHiappen  then? 
BKKT.  You  are  a  soldier:  tell  me. 

l  /uiiipnui  ilinrn  In, in  liiUi-  m,d  ri,ii:n,<i  dun-,,  sfiif/n.  Yes.  I  am 
a  soldier,  and   I   have  seen   war.     I   have  set-n   soldiers   mutin\  : 
them  walled  in  and  shot  down  by  thousands.     You  will  not  let  n 

,iin  ?  (fiofi/m;/  i'ii'  /in/"/  to  liim.) 

.  (takes  Jrtr  hand  and  thakes  it  warm1y\    No;  I  give  you  my 

You  are  a  true  soldier,  (waltzes  up  >7< /</'•;  •'"r.v  VEXETIA  off 


18  UXUKlt    TWO    FJLA.GS. 

stage,  R.)  Oh,  here  comes  my  huh".  How  she  .-weeps— sweeps,  (mix-k- 
ing her)  like  a  silver  pheasant ;  so  languid,  so  brilliant,  so  useless.  Bah  ! 
She  would  faint  at  the  mere  sight  of  this,  (takes  //<'.•.•/.,/  out  of  belt; 
waltzes  up  stage  to  table,  L.  ;  leans  on  it;  listens.) 

Enter  BLACK  HAWK  and  VEXETIA,  r..  3  E. 

B.  H.  My  lady,  you  desire  to  see  those  toys  again.     Corporal ! 
BERT.  M.  le  Colonel,  (salutes  at  L.  1  E.) 
_— .VEX.  (at  table).  You  were  a  sculptor  once  ? 
BEKT.  Never,  madame. 

-  VEX..  Indeed;  why,  who  taught  you  such  wonderful  skill  ? 
BEKT.  A  common  teacher,  liadame— necessity. 

B.  H.  Victor  knows  that  neither  he  nor  his  men  have  any  right  to 
waste  their  time  on  such  trash.  But  the  truth  is,  my  lady,  they  love 
their  canteen  so  well  they  will  do  anything  for  money  with  which  to 
purchase  brandy. 

VEX.  Colonel,  I  don't  think  that  man  carves  for  brandy.  Surely  you 
encourage  such  pursuits  ?  (points  to  toys.) 

B.  H.  Not  I.  There  are  but  two  arts  or  virtues  for  a  trooper  to  my 
taste — fighting  and  obedience;  but  since  you  admire  the  trifles,  do  me 
the  honor  to  keep  them. 

VEX.  No;  I  offered  to  purchase  them,  but  he  refuses  to  name  his 
price. 

B.  H.  The  man  is  the  most  insolent  Chasseur  in  the  service,  (to  BEU- 
TIE)  Go,  and  leave  your  toys  here,  or  I'll  have  them  broken  by  the 
hammer! 

VEX.  You  misunderstand  ~Axf.  I  lay  no  blame  on  your  corporal. 
Let  him  keep  his  chessmen;  his  desire  not  to  part  with  them  shows  him 
to  be  a  true  artist,  as  doubtles.-  also  he  is  a  good  soldier. 

BERT,  (takes  off  cap;  bows).  Thank  you,  my  lady;  keep  them,  if  you 
will  so  far  honor  me.  (bows.)  [£/;//.  \,  1  E. 

B.  H.  (follows  down  stage,  looking  after  hi?n).  Have  no  scruples  in 
accepting' them,  my  lady;  I'll  see  that  he  loses  nothing  by  parting  with 
his  pretty  playthings. 

VEX.  Of  what  country  is  your  corporal  ? 

Vrrr.  I  haven't  an  idea."  His  past  must  have  been  very  black  in- 
deed, for  he  never  lets  the  si-bluest  trace  of  it  escape  from  his  lips.  He 
encourages  the  men  in  every  insubordination,  and  ought  to  have  been 
shot  long  ago. 

•  VEX.  (aside).  I  wonder  he  Vas.  not  been,  since  you  have  the  ruling  of 
his  fate.  («?<»(>!)  How  has  he  ojfg^ed  you? 

GIG.  (jumping  down  oA  Bv  behi^  too  <rood  a  soldier,  my  lady  !  He 
is  the  finest  in  all  Africa.  W'iy.  lie  is  covered  with  wounds  from  Bedouin 
steel— he  rode  twenty  miles  to  deliver  a  dispatch,  with  a  spear  head  in 
his  side— he  saved  the  day  at  Zaraila,  and  in  reward  (sneeringly)  he 
has  been  made  a  corporal:  Ha.  ha.  ha!  (goes  up  */<ig>>.) 

B.  H.  (aside}.  Damnation  :  I'll  find  a  way  to  remove,  this  corporal. 
(alowl)  My  lady,  I  trust  that  you  will  pay  no  attention  to  these  troop- 
ersofmine;  (r/ofnr/  up  fo,rm-.ls  c.)  they  are  a  worthless  lot.  Shall  I 
escort  you  back  to  your  hotel  ? 

x  VEN.  Yes,  I  am  tired,  (going  np]  I  am  not  much  versed  in  mili- 
tary affaire,  but  .pardon  me  for  saying  so.  I  imagine  that  you  do  your 
corporal  an  injustice,  (to  CIGARETTE)  Here,  my  little  soldier,  is  a  rose- 
bud for  you.  (gives  flower  /</  OIGARETTK.) 

[Exit  VENETIA  and  BLACK  HAWK,  R.  c. 


;     1  Wo    J  !> 

Jnokinrj  nt  tloir.T}.  \\-.\.  hu.  ha  !  A  rosebud  for  me!  Bali! 
(thrftwsjtoicer  of  xlage  lifter  \KXKt\ti  I  know  no  rose  but  the  red  <>f 
the  tri-color,  and  I  wptiUl  accept  nutliiii^  from  lu>r;  :uul  lie—  lie  gat- 
her his  beautiful  carving  when  he  would  not  so  iniicli  as  look  at  me. 
Bah  !  I  have  no  patience  with  such  a  man.  Why  should  I  fare  whom 
he  loves  '.'  Why,  if  I  but  say  the  word  my  soldiers,  would  lay  him  dead 
at  niv  feet!  (soldtei'8*  c/iorn*  ni(txt</>'\  Whv  don't  I  do  it;  why  don't  I  do 
;r.'  '  [Exit,  L.  1  E. 

>KE,  r.  n. 

RAKE.  I've  been  having  a  bit  of  diversion  among  the  wine  shops,  ami 
while  on  me  way  back  *  gentleman  gave  me  this  English  paper  and 
said  maybe  I'd  like  to  read  the  news.  How  uid  lie  expect  a  Friuchman 
like  me  to  rade  Knirlish  '!  (»//  */<///•')  Well,  look  at  that  now;  it  lays  me 
out.  as  the  corpse  sa\s  to  the  undertaker.  Why.  if  it  isn't  as  neat  a  bit 
of  calico  coming  this  wa\  as  I've  seen  for  mom  a  day.  I'll  just  give 
her  a  taste  of  my  style. 

Enter  NORA,  c. 


I  .-ay.  an-  um  a  Frinchman  ? 

RAKK.  Div'il  a  bit*  save  the  uniform  on  me  back. 

NORA.   Do  you  know  a  place  called  Ireland? 

R\KE.  Bedad  an'  I  do.  Slmre  it's  your  own  swate  lips  has  kissed 
the  Blarney  stone. 

NORA.  Can  you  show  me  the  way  to  Hotel  Royal  ? 

HAKE.  Ah.  sure,  me  angel,  it's  mesilfcaiido  the  same.  But  perhaps 
yer  can  tell  me  what  yer  doim;  here,  and  what's  yer  name? 

NOKA.  My  name  is  Nora  McShaii".  |'-n  ih,.  Princess  Corona's  maid. 
We  an-  travelling  over  this  world  in  a  big  ship.  I  was  out  this  morning 
and  i;ot  lost.  Jiut  can  you  tell  me  who  you  are  ? 

RAKI:.  Me?  Shure  I'm  a  soldier  in  the  Frinch  army.  But  I  say, 
Nora,  me  dear.  I've  i>e\er  1  card  divil  a  bit  of  an  Irish  soil"  this  many 
a  day.  and  it's  your  own  swate  sell'  can  smir  me  the  same. 

N,,!:  ,,</,-  or  ,s7/tj  and  RAKE  do  //  i>7(  tijiecntlJy  or  duel).  Now 

show  me  the  way.  (fjoe»  >'/>  c.) 

RAKE.  That  Twill.     You  see  that  church  beyant  there?      Well,   you 
Fast  as  you  cm   to  the  corner,  ilion  you  turn  the  clmrch  around 
and  yon  -ec  :m  old  .lew  with  a  face  on  him   like  n  comic  valentine,  and 
slmre  when  you're  there  you're  at  the  hotel  itself. 
\.  Thank  you.  sir. 

R  \KE    Look  straight  before  you,  (tuke*  JUT  liinub  and  take  this  with 

\-er  to  show  yer  the  way.  (kiWJl  ln-r;  r.>->>  NORA.  c.  i  So  there'-  a  bi^  ship 

harbor;  well,  the  divil  knows  who's,  prowling  around  the  streets. 

Enter  BERTIE,  c.  D. 

Ah.  Mr.  Cecil.  I  was  looking  for  yon. 

Hi  ;;i.   Iln-li  !     Some  one  may  hear  you. 

;:.    Divil  a  wan  is  here  but  the  walls,  and    it's  never  an   ear  they 
have.  (i/iri'S  ?i»u  mrpcr.} 

BKRT.   dunks  <>t  /,'if,>'r).  Where  did  yon  -jet  this  paper,  l.'ake? 

RAKK.  An  Kn<_'lish  gentleman  rave  it  to  me:  there's  a  line  party  visit- 
inir  the  city.  I'.ut  what's  the  matter?  you're  as  pale  as  a  irlmst 

.   ('rtvi(b).  --Pied   at    Royallifii   Ca-lle.    on   the  27th.    the  Right 
Ilonoralile  Viscount  Royallieu.  aired  ninety."     I>ead     dead! 

RVKK.  The  old  master  dead!  And  no\\  ',  Mr.  Cecil,  you'll  gO  back  to 
England,  for  you  are  the  rightful  heir  to  the  title. 


IM  r\Dj;n   TWO   FLAGS. 

Burr.  Xo.  Rake,  I  lay  no  claim  to  anything  save  the  death  an  Arab 
-pear  will  some  <luy  irive  me. 

K  \KK.  Don't  sa\  that,  or  you'll  have  me  weeping  like  a  \vi<My  on  a 
rent  day.  (looks  off  \t.\  Whist!  Here  comes  the  Black  Hawk.  I'll  slit 
his  throat  for  him  some  day.  if  I  hang  for  it!  [£'•</,  L.  1  E. 

BERT.  Rake  ! 

Enter  BLACK  HAWK,  c.  0. 

B.  II.  Halt!  (BKUTiE  >.//>/  /Vsj  So  you  are  here.  arc  you?  I've  not  for- 
gotten your  insolence  in  regard  to  those  ivory  toys,  nor  shall  it  go  un- 
punished. My  lady  will  not  allow  you  to  remain  unpaid,  so  I  have 
taken  it  upon  myself  t<>  reward  you.  You  deserve  the  lash:  come  here! 
iKEi'.riK  udi;i,,.-,'fi>  Hold  out  your  hand.  (h?  dor*  so:  BLACK  HAWK  dntn-n 
sirnrd  Imlf  icmi,  us  >f  >»  strike^  th>-n  r/trex  Itnu  coins)  What  do  you  say 
to  that  ? 

BKKT.  I  say  that  there  are  many  losses  a  soldi*-  --ut  there  is 

not  one  so  bitter  as  the  loss  of  the  right  to  resent  !    (i>uyte  cull  outside.) 

Enter  Pirrox,  c. 

Pic.  M.  le  Colonel,  they  have  taken  the  woman  ! 

B.  H.  What  woman  ? 

Pic.  The  Arab  chiefs  wife.  She  had  wandered  too  far  from  the 
camp  and  was  taken  by  some  :£  our  men  who  were  sweeping  the  desert 
for  food. 

B.  H.  Bring  her  before  me.  (exit  PICI-OX,  c.)  By  my  soul,  now  we 
have  the  Arab's  heart. 

Enter  PICPOX  and  soldier  iritli  DJBLMA;  DJELMA  kneels  to  BERTIE,  tlis/i 

to  BLACK  H  .^2-  "''">  pnsln-x  tier  L.) 

By  my  sword,  but  she  is  beautiful  !    Here,  Victor,  what  do  you  think  of 
this  fair  captive? 

BEKT.  It  is  not  my  place  to  give  opinions,  M.  le  Colonel. 

B.  H.  It  is,  when  /  bid  you  —  speak,  or  I'll  have  the  words  cut  from 
you—  speak  ! 

BEKT.  Would  you  have  me  speak  plainly  ? 

B.  II.  Ten  thousand  curses  -  yes  ! 

BERT.  Then  I  think  that  the  man  who  makes  war  on  woman  is  no 
longer  fit  to  tight  with  men. 


Enter  Cia.VKF.TTE,  c.  ;  Ktan'h  " 

B.  H.  By  heavens!  (atni-tsffir  lim,  ilratriny  siror>I,  c.}  I've  a  mind 
to  have  you  shot  like  a  dos:;  but  no.  I'll  send  you  to  the  Arab  chief:  he 
ofttimes  spares  me  the  trouble  of  killing  my  own  cur.-;.  Take  a  flair  of 
truce  and  this  message.  If  he  makes  a'siirn  of  attack  this  fair  creature's 
life  shall  pay  the  penalty:  if  he  remains  in  arms  she  shall  become  my 
mistress:  if  he  lays  down  his  arms  she  shall  be  restored.  You  hear  ? 

BKRT.  I  hear. 

B.  H.  Obey,  then  ! 

BKRT.  I  have  no  choice.  I  will  carry  your  cowardly  message  to  the 
Desert  Chief,  and  before  tho  sun  has  set  you  shall  have  your  answer 
though  fifty  Arab  spears  be  b-iried  in  my  breast.  (Br.\rK  HAWK  starts 
for  BERTIE,  drawing  sir<,r*l;  i*  xlnpped  b>i  CIGARETTE.  ) 

Cir..  (holding  papers  in  front  of  him).  Dispatches  from  Algiers! 

SENTINEL.  SENTIXEL. 

BERTIE.  CIGARETTE.  BLACK  HAWK.  DJELMA. 

CHRTAIX. 


UNDEK    TWO    FL.VGS.  21 


ACT    III. 

&CESE.—Draiciny-room  of  hotel;  tabl^  <it  K.,  iritJi  chessmen  ;  c.  D.  m 
:i:  y" rt I <_'n  /xickiK'j  ;  lights  duini.  l>is<-<>rt'r  RAKE  on  yniinl  fine/,: 
of  r.  n. 

RAKK.  Shure  it's  mighty  tired  I  am  chasing  meself  up  and  down  by 
this  door.  Divil  a  bit  of  use  of  a  guard  here,  but  it's  the  Black  Hawk's 
orders.  Shure  it's  mighty  anxious  he  seems  about  me  lady,  (mtixe  out- 
side) Whist!  Some  one's  coming,  (mitts  up  and  do/en  by  c.  D.) 

Enter  NORA.  R.  1  E. 

NOKA.  Well,  here  I  am  caged  up  like  a  prisoner  of  war.  and  all  yer 
hear  is  the  tramping  and  marching  of  the  soldiers.  (\»  •--.•>•  RAKE)  Oh, 
slimv  it's  you;  well  you're  looking  mighty  line,  Mr.  Rake. 

RAKK.  That's  been  said  before  to  day,  but  never  by  such  swate  lips. 

NOKA.  I  say.  Mr.  Rake,  won't  you  come  in? 

RAKK.  Come  in,  is  it?  Ye  blessed  bunch  of  shamrocks,  can't  yer  see 
I'm  on  duty  ? 

NOHA.  On  duty,  is  it;  and  where's  you,-  post? 

RAKK.  Will  you  listen  to  that!  It's  the  road  to  the  moon  you'll  be 
axin'  me  next. 

NOKA.  Shure  it's  no  more  I'll  be  axin'  yer. 

RAKK.  c/roy/.s  .</"//}.  Yer  won't  ? 

Noi:\.    No,  I  won't,  so  you  can  kaj-**-fn  with  yer  walking. 

RAKK.  Bedad,  it's  small  wonder  Adam  fell  out  of  the  apple  tree  with 
a  woman  teasing  him. 

Noi:\.  I  say.  Mr.  Rake,  you'd  better  be  guarding  your  post  more 
carefully  or  you'll  get  shot. 

RAKE.  True,  me  darlinir.  it's  shot  I  am  already  with  cupid's  arrow. 
IM  face  a  whole  battery  for  a  look  of  them  purty  eyes. 

NOKA.   Mr.  Rake.  I  never  thought  there  wa>  so  much  mischief  in  yer. 

RAKE.  Mischief!  Shure  it's  bottled  up  in  me  like  ale.  and  if  I  don't 
let  the  stopper  out  soon  I'll  bust  to  piece*.  (//•••  r.} 

Vi  N.  (oiilsiile).  Nora!  Nora! 

Noi;\.    I  hear  somebody. 

RAKE.   And  I  feel  somebody.  (/n/,->:<;  <j>ii,  <tn<l  iruf/cn  >'/<  ">i</  dmrn  c.  D. 

fill'  U    It-Ill!:',    //!•'/!  '/HIV  tiff  >' 

NOUA.  It's  me  lady. 

^j^          Enter  YKM.IIA.  u.  1  E. 

YEN.  What  noise  was  that.  Nora  ? 

\.   It  must  have  been  the  sentry,  outride. 
J:\KK    I'.eL'orra.  that's  true  for  her.  1/0,  ,/•/////  tn  o.  D.) 
YKV.    Has  my  brother  arrived  ? 

.   No.  me  lady. 

Viv    I.ei  me  know  when  he  arrives.  ('-./•//  Noitv.    i:.    1    K.  ;   YINTTU 
t/<>'-s  >i/>  in  c.  n..  tlu-n  itiiini  In  tul, li\  u.    I  cannot  ki>ep  that  soldier  from 
my  thoughts      He  must   have  led   a  very  dillerent   life  somewhere.     I 
should  like  to  serve  him  if  I  could,  tsitx  i:.)   But    how  can   one  sei 
ty      man  whose  only  do.-ire  is  to  be  for^nlt"-n. 

RocKi.\<;iiA\i  and  I'.KI  KKI.KV,  r.  D. 


22  UNDER    TWO    FLAGS. 

ROOK.  Ah,  Venetia,  still  up?  I've  been  searching  for  your  soldier 
friend,  hut  as  yet  we  have  not  succeeded  in  finding  him 

BKKK.  <L .).  He  is  a  tine  .soldier,  but.  according  to  the  colonel,  is  only 
a  clever  scoundrel,  and  the  Army  of  Africa  utter  all  is  the  best  place  for 
him. 

Roi'K.  There's  a  queer  little  creature  in  camp     Cigarette  they  call 
her.     I  fancy  she's  in  love  with  him. 
—    VEX.  In  love  with  him  ?     How  did  you  find  that  out  ? 

ROCK.  It  is  the  gossip  of  the  camp;  and  then  she  st 1  up  so  loyally 

for  him  to-day,  after  his  return  tVom  the  Arab  camp.  Nothing  but  a 
miracle  saved  him  from  being  cut  to  pieces.  What  spell  he  used  to 
compel  the  Black  Hawk  to  give  up  his  captive  nobody  knows. 

BKKK.  And  this  Cigarette—-!,"  is  quite  a  soldier.  She  was  pre-ented 
to-day  with  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  for  her  bravery  at  the 
battle  of  Zaraila. 

ROCK.  I  shall  never  forget  when  the  irrand  marshal  called  her  In-fore 
the  squadron  and  presented  it  to  her.  She  exclaimed:  ••  This  is  not  for 
me!  Who  saved  the  day  at  Zfiraila  ?  Not  I.  but  a  soldier  oi  Africa, 
who,  when  all  his  otticers  were  cut  down  b  -fore  him.  rallied  his  men  all 
day  in  th»  scorching  sun.  I  tell  you  the  cross  is  not  mine.'  i  VI.NMTIA 
sttirtg)  \Vhat  is  the  matter.  Venetia;  has  the  day  been  too  warm,  or  the 
evening  too  cool  ?  (BERXKLEY  •',-.„•  ,,f,  c. ) 
•— .  VEX.  Perhaps  both.  WheiiTlo  we  start  for  England? 

ROCK.  In  a  day  or  two,  but  I  shall  make  one  more  attempt  to  find 
this  man  before  we  leave. 

VEX.  No.  Philip,  do  not  seek  to  find  this  man. 

Roi'K.   But  it  was  your  request. 

VKX.  Think  mechangeabli .  :Lyou  will,  but  do  not  notice  a  soldier  of 
Africa  at  my  instance. 

ROCK.  Pardon  me.  but  my  curiosity  is  aroused,  and  I  shall  make  one 
more  attempt  to  find  this  soldier  before  I  start  for  England. 

[/•>//.  T,.  1  K. 

BKKK.  (romes  dmrn  R.).  My  lady,  you  heard  what  your  brother  said, 
and  I  trust  you  will  pardon  me  when  I  ask  why  you  show  so  much  in- 
terest in  a  man  of  whose  In-!  >,\v  you  know  nothing? 

VKX.  You  are  rinht.  \Vliv  should  I  interest  myself  in  his  behalf? 
I  thought  he  was  above  lus  station,  and  1  would  mention  his  name  to 
the  :jraud  marshal  on  our  re' urn  to  Pans. 

BKKK.   My  lady,  it  i-=  your  ';n>the.r's  intention  to  return  to  England  in 
a  few  diys.     I  trust  that  you  will  pardon  me  if  I  airain  renew  mv  suit 
Wilt -n  we  were  in  England  you  uave  me  no  hope,  but   1  trust  that  tune 
and  circumstances  ha\.  >u  to  change  your  mind     You  know- 

how  devotedly  I  love  you.  a. nl   the  happiest   moment  of  my  e\;- 
\vill  be  when  you  consent  to  become  my  wife. 

VKV.  (rixes  (twl  crosses  ta  i.  ).  Lord  Eoyalhen.  1  gave  you  my  an- 
swer in  England;  Africa  is  not  likely  to  change  my  opinion  As  my 
brother's  friend  f  respect  you;  <lo  not  ask  for  more  lnr>'\  have  none 
to  -  \K>-'t.  i.  J  i: 

BKRK.  (looks  niter  //«>.••  .  A~  I  .-\pecied  proud,  hard  ami  cold.  I  can 
never  teach  her  to  look  upon  me  save  a-  her  brother's  friend,  (waswx 
to  R^  And  this  soldier;  who  can  he  be  to  awake  such  interest  in  her'' 
For  that  reason  alone  I  would  gladly  change  places  with  him.  I  will 
iro  to  the  camp.  1  will  not  rest  until  I  lind  this  man;  I  mu-t  know  wlic 
and  what  he  i-.  '  fm-nt  ID  >/•  .  .  n  •• 

Enter  BERTIE,  <:.  u.,  <»i>/  ,n>'>-/<  /mn. 


T'NPKK     TWO     I'l.AiiS.  23 

BI:UK.   (\/w>-/x  f,tt,-k).  You— you— I  tliouglit  you  cloud  ! 

BKUT.   To  you  I  am  dead. 

BKI:K.  My  brother  a  common  soldier  !     IIo\v  have  you  lived  ? 

BEKT.   Honorably  -let  that  sutlice;  and  you? 

BKKK.  In  honor,  too,  I  swear  it !  That  was  my  first,  my  last  disgrace. 
1  believed  the  story  of  your  death.  Had  1  known  you  lived  I  would  have 
said  von  were  innocent,  but  when  they  told  mo  you  were  killed  I  did 
not  think  it  worth  while1;  besides,  it  would  have  broken  our  father'* 
heart.  Oh  <!od  !  I  was  a  coward. 

BKKT.    Yes,  \oii  were  a  coward:  therein  lay  the  story  of  your  fall. 

UKKK.  I  am' in  your  power— I  stand  in  your  place.  All  I  possess  be- 
longs to  you  our  father  is  dead.  Do  you  know  this,  since  you  hav* 
never  claimed  the  inheritance? 

BKUT.   I  know  it. 

BKKK.  And  you  have  never  come  forward  to  claim  your  rights. 

BKKT.  What  I  did  not  do  to  clear  my  own  honor  I  was  not  likely  to 
do  merely  to  bear  a  title. 

BKKK.  But  this  life  of  yours !     Great  heavens,  it  must  be  misery  ! 

BEKT.   Perhaps.      It  has  at  least  no  disgrace  in  it. 

BKKK.  No,  no:  You  are  happier  than  I— you  have  no  remorse  to 
bear  !  And  yet— to  tell  the.  world  that  1  am  guilty ! 

BEKT.  You  need  never  tell  it;  I  shall  not. 

BERK.  You  will  not? 

BEKT.  No.  Do  not  fear  me.  I  have  kept  your  secret  for  twelve 
years:  1  will  keep  it  still.  All  I  ask  is  that  you  so  live  that  in  the  fu- 
ture your  past  shall  be  redeemed. 

BKKK.  And  you  ? 

BKUT.  I  shall  lead  the  life  fittest  formj>_ 

BEKK.  And  that  is  ?— 

BEKT.  That  of  a  soldier  of  France.  Come,  let  us  part  now  and  for- 
ever, i  BKKKELEJ  goes  to  lum;  ihetj  ,s7/^/>>  hamls)  Leave  Algiers — that 
is  all  1  ask. 

BKKK.  (nt>  stage,  c.).  But  you,  are  you  content? 

Br.i:r.  Say  no  more,  but  leave  me — lea\e  me.  ('W/,  BERKELEY,  c.  D.) 
Content— content.  It  is  better  so,  and  yet  had  I  my  birthright  I  coulq 
stand  before  this  woman  as  her  equal. 

Enter  VENETIA,  K.  1  E. 

Ah.  my  lady,  I  have  found  your  chain,  though  broken,  1  regret  to  say. 

VIA.   I  niust   have  lost  it  while  ridinir  yestenky.     I  am  greatly  in 

debted  to  you  for  takinu;  care  of  it.     You  have  been  in  terrible  scene* 

-aw  you.     Your  visit  to   the   Arab  camp  and   the  .story  o| 

Zaraila  have  reached  us.     You  cannot  refuse  now  to  let  me  place  youi 

name  before  the  grand  marshal. 

BKKT.  You  do  me  much  honor;  but  if  you  would  serve  me,  do  nolh. 
ing  of  the  kind. 

VIA.  And  why  ?    Do  you  not  desire  the  cross? 

!'.:•  KT.  I  desire  nothing,  madan 

Strange  man  !     Have  you  no  ambition  ? 

BKUT.   If  I  had  it  is  not  a  pair  of  epaulets  that  would  content  it.  . 

VIA",  (irlin  Imx  l><'i-n  lool.-imj  tit  /mr*'  In-  <jnr,'  //<•/•).  How  did  you  Ob 
tain  this  ? 

BKKT.  The  chain,  madame  ?     ll  had  fallen  in  the  water. 
The  chain  !     No  !     The  purse! 

BERT.  That  was  given  me  many  year- 


24  UNDER     TWO     FLAGS. 

— VEX.  By  whom  ? 

BERT.  By  a  child,  madame. 

^  VEX.  That  purse  was  mine.  I  gave  it !  And  you — you  are  my 
brother's  dearest  friend,  Bertie  Cecil. 

BEKT.  And  you  are  little  Venelia.  Oh  how  could  I  have  been  so 
blind! 

-»-  VEX.  We  thought  you  dead.  Why  have  you  lived  like  this?  It  was 
cruel  to  my  brother.  Child  though  I  was,  I  remember  his  grief  when 
the  news  came  that  you  had  lost  your  life.  He  is  here— I  will  send  for 
him.  is/itrtx  In  /•///;/  beU  on  table.) 

BERT.  No,  no;  do  nothing  of  the  kind,  I  beg  of  you. 

VEX.  What  do  you  fear  from  Philip? 

BEKT.  Yesterday  when  J  >:iet  him  in  the  camp  I  hid  my  face  and  lied 
from  him  a.-;  one  would  from  famine  and  pestilence. 

VEX.  You  lied  from  Philip?  Ah,  you  must  wrong  him.  What  will 
it  matter  to  him  whether  you  wear  a  peer's  robe  or  a  soldier's  uniform, 
whether  you  be  a  prince  or  a  trooper  ? 

BERT.  'Do  you  not  know — has  no  oue  ever  told  you  ? 

VKN.   \Vha't? 

BERT.  That  when  I  left  England  the  stain  of  crime  was  upon  me. 
^ .  VEX.  Crime— what  crime? 

BERT.  I  was  accused  of  hn1  ing  forged  your  brother's  name. 
^,  VEX.  But  you  were  not  -~<i;lty.  I  know.     The  man  my  brother  hon- 
ored with  his  friendship  could  never  stoop  to  the  level  of  a  fraud. 

BF.RT.  I  wus  guiltless;  but  no  one  could  credit  it  then,  and  no  one 
would  do- SO  now;  nor  can  I  seek  to  make  them.     Ask  me  no  more. 
only  give  me  your  belief  if  you  can.  and  tell  no  living  creature  wh 
have  told  you  now.     All  1  etrfi-ttsk  is  to  be  forgotten.  / 

VEX.  You  ask  what  is  not  mine  to  give.  I  knew  you  so  well  in  my 
Childhood.  It  will  not  be  possible  to  forget  such  a  meeting  as  this.  Do 
you  know  that  your  father  is  dead,  and  .-o  long  as  you  live  your  brother 
cannot  hold  the  title  lawfully  ? 

VOICE  (vnt*id>",.  Halt ! 

BERT,  (stm'/*).  .Some  one  is  coming. 

VEN.  It  is  Philip;  he  is  returning  from  the  camp. 

BERT.  I  cannot  see  him;  I  dare  not  face  him.  Promise  me  you  will 
never  tell  your  brother  who  I  am. 

VEX.  I  promise  until  yon  release  me. 

BKIIT.  Thank  you.  You  were  an  angel  of  pity  to  me  in  your  child- 
hood; in  your  womanhood  you  have  given  me  the  only  mercy  I  have 
known  since  last  I  looked  i:;><>n  your  lace.  '  [Extt,L.  1  K. 

VEX.  Poor  fellow:     How  bitter  his  life  must  be.  (sits  at  (>>/>/• 
he  is  proud  still;  prouder  than  he  knows,  (turns  up  lam/i ;  takes'' 

Enter  CIGARETTE,  o.  D.,  cautiously. 

Ciu.  So  this  is  the  nest  of  the  silver  pheasant:  and  there  she  sits.     I 
wonder  what  she  is  like,  if  she  is  flesh  and  blood  as  I  am  ?    If  she  is  I'll 
show  her  how  a  child  of  the  people  can  langh  at  her  rank,  (plm v.v  hand 
<»i  f»fi/of  in  i»:ll)  Why  don't  I  kill  her?    I  will  before  I  leave,  (o 
dun-,,  xtit'j,'  tnii-tirilti  L.  1  E.  ) 

VEX.  (s/,irfn  ;  /nf/ft  <luir>t  >«>/>/,•').  ( )h,  is  it  you  ?  You  wish  to  sec-  me  ? 
Come  nearer — have  no  fear. 

CIG.  (IinntJis  tf-dntfiilhi)).   Fear?    What  !     I   fear  i/nn!    You  sii"°r 
pheasant,  who  never  did  ar.vthintr  in  vour  life  but  spread  your  dainty  ~* 
colors  in  the  sun  !    What!  ' I  fear  you?    I  could  kill  you,  and  I  will'! 


UNI>I:H    TWO    FL.V  25 

(i<il,--x  ;l,.-i/ol   from  Iflt,  pen  nix  it  at   VEXETIA.  who  x/W//</x  "  mt 
•'on/,-iii:/  /;</••/<////  at   fif-r,  a.it'l   (/ii-ii   tji'c-lli/  lukes  jitxlol  front   ln:r  <//«/ 
Inhli',   R.) 

—  Vi.N.  Child,  are  yoa  mad !    Bnwsnatuwi  never  stoop  to  araiflBiua- 

lion.     Why  .lo  you  wish  to  injure  nit-  7 

Because  I  ftttte  von       I   came  here   to-niirht    for  two  pin 
tin-  oin>  to  look  doselyal  von.  tin-  other  to  hurt  you.    wound   you,    if  I 
could:  hut  you  won't  lei  me — oil.  I  ilon'l  know  what  is  in  you! 

VKN.  It  is  rather  something  in  yourself— something:  that  will  imt  al- 
low \ou  to  be  unjust,  my  poor  elnl'l. 

Don't  |xx>r  child  me,  or  I'll  show  you  a  touch  of  my  insolence. 
You  may  hi-  a  urand  dame  everywhere  else,  but  your  rank  carries  no 
terror  for  me. 

-  VEX.  I  <lo  not  seek  to  have  it.  If  I  ili<l  not  feel  an  interest  in  you  do 
you  think  I  would  stiller  for  an  instant  tin-  ignorant  rudeness  of  an  ill- 
bred  child  ? 

On;,    (angrily).   Ill-bred!     Ill-bred  child!  (chfOtfftag  sudtlgnl 
you  are  riirht.  !/<//.•//<</  crosxfrom  /"•/•  /<•  ck  "n>l  /tir/nrni;/  >i  on  jlo<*r\  \ 
dlagrace  in •-  very  tirst  day  I  wear  it      You  are  as  beautiful  as. 

I  do  not  wonder  that  he  loves  you. 
VKN.   He'.'     Who? 

The  man  who  was  made  to  bnu^r  his  toys  here  to  you,  like  a 
common  hawker. 

VKN.   1  do  not  believe  he  made  you  his  confidante. 

N'o:  not  he.  He  belongs  to  your  cla.->.  You  could  kill  him  be- 
fore he  would  speak.  I  only  know  what  I  have  seen. 

Vi  \.  You  are  ri^ht  when  you  say  he  is  of  my  class.     The  gentleman, 
for  he  is  a  -emleman.  by  a  strain:"  r'*w«fr;f  circumstances  is  coir 
with  my  family.     He  once  was  a  yreat  friend  of  my  brother's.     I  fancy 
you  would  do  him  a  favor  if  you  could. 

Well,  we  "are  soldiers,  and  M»ldiers  always  help  each  other. 
What  do  you  want  me  to  do  ' 

VKV    fake  a   :  •  him   from   me,  and  say  nothing  of  what  I 

old  you. 

Ch;.  Do  you  take  me  for  a  raw  recruit  who  babbles  over  his  lirst 
measure  of  wine  ?  What  is  your  me--. 

VI;N.  He  and  my  brother 'must  not  meet.  Tell  him  that  my  brother, 
knowing  him  a<  Louis  Victor,  will  seek  iy^out  at  the  camp.  Tell  him 
Vo  avoid  the  ineotm,'  as  best  he  can. 

«'!•;.    You    know  little  of  the  camp  or  you    would   send   no  such    nies- 
Why,  if  he  is  not  there  when  h  .ill  him   he  would  be 

,%e  a  do'_r. 

True:     I  had  forgotten.     Well,  -/o  and  s 1   him   to   me.     My 

;aken  into  his  confidence.     You  will  do  this,  as  you  are 
li is  friend  '.' 

why  I  am   to  turn  your  lackey.     <;<>  find 

.   I  thought  you  were  his  friend,   and  that  you   would  aid   me  to 

e  will  let  the  matter  drop,  (turns 
Uirni/.) 

ive  me.  my  lad-. 

You  are  right ;  I  am  in.-  friend.     I   wiil   iro.     Ah.   my  lady.   I  do 
not  wonder  that  men  love  \u'i.  when  e\en  I  cannot  hate  you. 

[A'./-//,  i  .  i>. 

.   A  little  tigress  with  a  heart  of  -•  U  and  as  true  as  steel.      How 
the  li.\e-  him  :     And  it  .show  it. 


26  rXPKU     TWO     FLAGS. 


Enter  BLACK  HAWK,  c.  D. 

B.  H.  Ah,  my  lady,  I  did  not  expect  to  find  you  here.     You  leave  for 
England  in  a  few  days  your  brother  informs  me. 
„      VEX.  That  is  his  intention  I  believe. 

B.  H.  And  at  his  request  I  have  brought  yon  passports,  which  he  de- 
sired me  to  procure  for  him.  (takes  them  from  belt ;  crosses  back  to 
table  and  places  them  there;  sees  chessmen)  Ah,  I  see  you  still  retain 
my  corporal's  ivory  toys,  (examines  them)  Qn  my  word,  they  are  line: 
I  wish  I  could  say  as  much  for  tin*  man:  he  is  the  most  insolent  in  the 
regiment.  Men  'should  keeplheir  grades,  and  privates  who  think  them- 
selves gentlemen  should  receive  the  lash  they  merit. 
— —  VEN.  (asule).  How  he  hates  that  man.  (aloud)  Don't  you  think  you 
are  a  little  severe  upon  your  corporal  ? 

B.  II.  No.     I  know  them  all.    They  know  how  to  produce  an  effect 
in  a  lady's  presence  as  they  know  how  to  light  and  swear  out  of  it. 
——VEN.  Possibly;  but  if  your  corporal  is  not  a  gentleman  I  never  saw 
one.  [  /•_>//,  R.  1  E. 

B.  H.  (how).  Damn  that  corporal  !    Am  I  never  to  hear  the  last  of 
him  ?    I  iiate  him,  and  where  the  Black  Hawk  hates  he  strikes. 

[Kcit,  L.  1  E. 
Enter  CIGARKITE  and  BERTIE,  c.  D. 

CIG.  You  are  wanted. 

BERT.  Wanted  for  what  ? 

CIG.  How  should  I  know  ?    You  are  wanted  by  the  Silver  Pheasant. 
Put  on  your  palace  manners.     Send  her  in  your  card.   (BERTIE  • 
do  i  en  L.  :  CIUARETT;  «  "/'  Kffifffi  to  c.  D.  :  fifti'7<>\  I  have  - 

him  to  her  when  I  should  havu  put  a  bullet  through  her  heart. 

[K'-if,  C.  D. 

Enter  VEXETIA,  R.  1  E. 

VEX.  I  see  the  little  soldier  has  kept  her  word.  I  sent  for  you  to  ask 
you  to  retract  your  words  aud  allow  me  to  teH  my  brother  what  I  know. 

BERT.  No,  no;  ask  anyti.iins  of  me  but  that;  but  do  not  ask  that,   I 
beg  of  you. 
«•— **  VEX.  And  why;  do  you  mistrust  him  ? 

BERT.  No.  it  is  not  that.  It  is  because  I  trust  him  too  well  to  irivc 
him  pain.  Do  you  supp  I  could  speak  I  would  not  tell  you 

all9 

— -     VEX.  Whoever  was  the  criminal  should  suffer.     Why -not  speak  the 
words  that  would  place  you  >  *M  r<>  the  world  an  innocent  man  ? 

BERT.  You  shall  answer  for  me— be  my  law — my  judge. 
-  VEX.  The  woman  does  not  live  who  should  be  that  to  any  man. 

BERT.  You  shall  be  that  t  .  me.  for  I  love  you. 

.-—VEX.  Tins  is  madness.     AVI. at  have  you  seen  of  me?    What  do  you 
know  of  me? 

BERT.  Enough  to  love  you  while  my  lift1  shall  last.  In  your  e 
was  but  an  African  troopi-r,  MI  my  own  ]  was  your  equal.  Now  you 
know  all— know  the  worst  that  tempts  me.  No  famine,  no  humiliation 
ever  so  tempted  me  to  buy  back  my  birthright  as  this  one  desire  to 
stand  in  my  rightful  place  before  men.  and  to  strive  for  that  which  they 
have  7iot  won. 

VEX.  Lord  Roy  all  ieu,  keep  your  secret  from  the  world  if  you  will, 
prove  your  innocence  only  to  me.  I  care  not  what  the  world  thinks  of 
you  or  says  of  me.  I  will  b  your  wife. 


UN'DER    TWO    FLAGS.  27 


BERT.  Venetia  !  (wln-acr')  This  one  moment  of  happiness  is  worth 
all  the  misery  I  have  endured  : 

—  Vi;.\.  I  -Jiust  leave  you  now.     We  start  Tor  Knuland  to-morrow,  (noes 
toiriir<i  K.  l  K.)  In  one  month  expect  your  release    till  then  farewell. 
BKKT.   (.v"J.s  t<>  her  <tn-l  /.'/.wo1  ker  hnnd\.  Farewell. 

\K.nt  VXNF.TIA,  R.  1  E. 

Enter  BLACK  HAWK,  L.  1  E.,  w.v  VICTOR  A'/.s.s-  VENETIA'S  Jiantf. 

P>.  H.  What  are  you  doing  hero?  Why  have  you  left  your  squadron  ? 
Have  you  no  tongue?  Speak,  or  I'll  ha\e  Tl:e  words  cut  from  you  — 
speak  ! 

BKKT.   I  will  not  tell. 

B.  H.  By  heavens.  I'll  have  you  thrashed  like  a  dog  for  that  answer. 
But  I  know  as  well  as  if  you  had  told  me  why  you  came  here.  So  my 
lady  chouses  her  lovers  from  amonirst  my  blackguards.  But  your 
silence  cannot  shield  her  from  the  shame  of  her  midnight  intrigues. 

BKUT.  (strip's  BUCK  HAWK;  he  falls  c.).  You  lie!  and  you  know 
that  you  lie  ! 

Quick  Curtain.    Liyhis  flashed. 


ACT  IV. 


SCKNK. — Dark  tcood  scene  an  hour  before  daylight;  wood  ici?iy.<i  with, 
set  fir/sun   nf  L.   2  E.     Liyh Is  <lo n-n.     Discover  <j 
front  (if  L.  2  K.      A*  nil-tin, i  risi'x  tin:  rotO'S  Oj 

i-  t/in  otlifr,  "Fire  o'c/o'/r  tt/td.  «H  if;  in-f/.r 


Enter  CORPORAL,  R.  u.  E. 
CORP.  Halt! 

(icARD.    Who  Lroe-  there  ? 

COKP.  Corporal  of  the  guard  with  iv; 

("li-ARD.   Advance  and   ^ive   the  com  'CORPORAL 

f/n-i-s  n-oi-'l.  rroxwx  gun,  turns  K.)  Word  is  correct. 

COUP.   Advance,  relief:  (n  so/'/.  :<>irn  c.,    turn*  L.,   ijot'.s  to 

(lr  UJI)  (l'<i/  <-,;,ssi's  i/i/, i  sinin'  us  ( 

•D.  You  are  instructed  to  guard  the  prisoner      Lot   no  ojx 
him  without  written  permission   from  (he  e,,l.>ne!  in  command.     <  »l»ey 
the  orders  of  the  day  and  the  laws  of  your  ••.-mtry.  (crosses  t,>  c.,  tunix 

<t  >i},  ami  fall*  in  !/,•>'•.  n-ith  other  soldiers.) 

>•.  March:  (folJon-s  the  others  of!'.  L.  r.  E.) 

Enii'i-  CKIARKTIE.  i:.  r.  r.. 

CKJ.  I  brought  him  to  her  when  I  slum!. I  have  sent  a  bullet  through 
ier  heart.  P.ali  !  Why  should  I  care  whom  lie  loves'?  I  have  my  flaTr, 
•iy  cross  (/,-isxen  miss)  and  my  army— whai  more  do  I  desire?  (turns; 
•DI  II(>l!o  !  Who  are  you  guarding  so  carefully  ? 

(;i-Ai:n.   Corporal  Victor,  lilt'le  one. 

Cic,.  Corporal  Victor? 


28  KXDKK     TWO     IM.AiiS. 

GUARD.  Yo.s;  where  liavc  you  been  that  you  have  not  heard  of  the 
trial  ? 

GIG.  I  have  been  away  for  two  days. 

GUAKD.  Twas  bad  work  -bad  work.  He  struck  the  Black  Hawk. 
It  was  a  light  blow,  but  with  threat  to  kill  following  it.  He  lias  been 
tried  and  is  to  be  shot  at  sunrihe. 

CIG.  Shot?    When  did  this  happen? 

GUARD.  Night  before  last.  ' 

CIG.  (asii(e).  Night  before  last!  The  blow  was  struck  for  her.  It 
was  that  night,  (puts  hmid  to  heart.) 

GUARD.  What's  the  matter,  little  cue  ?  You  look  strangely.  Do  you 
love  this  soldier  ? 

CIG.  Love  him!  (laur/h*\  What— I  love  him?  I  hate  him.  (crosses 
to  L.  1  K.)  I  have  looked  for  vengeance,  and  it  has  come. 


£We».\'EXETIA,   R.  1  E. 


-—   VEX.  (to  CIGARETTE).  Is  it  true  that  he  is  to  be  shot  at  sunrise? 
You  have  some  power  here— tell  me,  can  nothing  be  done  to  save  him  ? 

CIG.  He  has  struck  his  chief;  for  that  there  is  no  reprieve. 

M VEX.  If  he  dies  it  is  1  who  have  killed  him.     That  blow  was  struck 

for  me. 

CIG.  Ay,  you  are  right  fufc  blow  was  struck  for  you.     You  say  he  is 
of  your  order— tell  me  his  name  and  rank. 

VKX.  Yes!  yes ! 

CIG.  Write  it  out,  I  do  not  understand  your  English  names. 

VEX.  (takes  out  book  ami  u-ntt's).  There,  child,  and  if  you  have  any 
power  save  him  if  you  ranr"**— - 

CIG.  Read  what  you  have  written. 

VEX.  awn/*,.      I  atlirm  that  the  person  serving  in  your  army  under 
the  name  of  Louis  Victor,  is  Bertie  Cecil,  lawfully  the  Viscount  Royal- 
•i  Kn-iaiid.     Signed.  Lady  Venetia  Corona."    There,  child; 

at  is  it  you  will  do  ? 

CIG.  I  will  ride  to  the  Grand  Marshal. 

VKX.  But  they  say  lie  never  changes  a  sentence. 

CIG.  Perhaps  nut :  but  what  he  refuses  to  justice  and  Immunity  he 
may  not  refuse  to  one  of  his  own  rank,  (starts  to  yo.) 

VEX.  Stay — one  word__r»* 

CIG.  No;  this  is  no  time  for  words.     If  you  love  him  go  to  him,  and 
let  the  bullets  intended  for  him  first  kill  you. 

R.  u.  K.     VEXETIA  crosses  lo  GUARD. 

GUARD.  Halt  !  (holds  r/>/»  >»  trout  of  her.} 

VEX.  Your  prisoner  is  Louis  Victor,  is  he  not  ? 

GUARD.  Yes. 

VKN.  He  is  to  be  shot  at  sunrise  I 

GI-ARD.  Yes. 

VEX.  I  heard  of  it  yesterday.     I  rode  all  night  from  Oran.     I  feel  a 
great  pity  for  this  man.     His  crime  was— 

GT\RD.  A  blow  to  his  colonel  and  threat  to  kill  after. 

VKX.  Is  there  no  possibility  of  a  reprieve  ? 

GUAI:I>.   None. 

Vi.x.  May  I  speak  with  him  for  an  instant  ?     1   have  heard  he  is  of 
my  country,  and  of  a  rank  above  his  present  standing  here. 

GUARD.  I  am  sorry,  niadame,  but  1  have  my  orders  to  allow  none  to 
pass. 


UNDER    T\YO     FLAGS.  "2\> 

— VI:N-.  "Were  your  colonel  lion'  he  would  not  refuse  me  permission  to 
see  him. 

F  GI'AKD.    Perhaps  not.      lint  you  must  go  to  the  colonel's  tent  ami  get 
u  permit;   otherwise  I  can't  allow  you  to  pa--. 

i_  VKS.  (//.•>•/•/«').  Must  1  ask  a  favor  of  that  man1'     I  will  !     He  must  not 
perish.  I  £•'•'/,  K.  1  E.     £i'''  GCARU,  slon-ly,  L.  1  E. 

£Wer  RAKE,  R.  3  K. 

R\KF.  (Inokiiiij  oft' i  What's  up  with  Cigarette.  I  wonder.  She  passed 
me  on  her  horse  like  a  sihrake  of  lightning,  (/oo/vr  L.)  Poor  inasther! 
Sorry  the  day  I'd  like  to  see  him  die.  He  won't  let  me  tell  tliim  who 
he  is;  hut,  begnrra.  I  must  do  somethinir.  or  bust.  If  I  could  get  him 
to  change  places  with  me  he  m'm'ht  make  hi.-  escape.  Het'orra.  we  look 
so  much  alike  they'd  never  know  the  ditlerence.  I  suppose  they'd  shoot 
me  when  they  did.  1  was  horn  to  heshoi  at:  a  regular  sample  to  try 
Fnew  guns  on.  Now  I'll  just  slip  by  before-the  guard  comes,  and 

Enti'i'  GUARD,  quickly,  L.  1  E. 

GI:ARD  (stops  him).  Halt ! 

RAKK.  Och,  inurther  !  (turns)  The  divil'd  loose  now. 

Euf'-f  BI.U-K  HAWK  ////</  YKNF.TIA,  R.  1  E. 

P>.  H.   \Vhat  are  you  doing  here  ? 

R  KKK.  Nothin',  sor. 

H.  II.  Call  the  corporal  of  the  guard.  , — 

GUARD  (calling).  Corporal  of  the  guard]  i'-.it  4! 

VOICE  (outside).  Corporal  of tho  guard.  Po-t  } '. 

Eltti'f  COKI'OKAL,    I..    1    R. 

15.  H.    i<>  R-VKE).  This  is  the  second  time  you  have  been  ,-cen  prowlinn 
around  here:  your  iiitimucy  with  the  jirisoner  makes  your  preset M 

is.      Have  you  any  orders  for  leaving  your  quarters? 
<.KI-;.    No.  sor;  shure  I  must  have  lost  tliiiji. 
H.  {in  Coiiroi:  M.I.  Place  that,  man  under  arrest. 
\K(-:.   Let  me  explain.  "~V— 

II.    Not   a  word.     Take   him    to  the  t'linni   ho     '  I!\KK.  fnl- 

l,nr,'il  I,, i  Coitroi:  \i..      To  Vivi.nvi  My  lady,  you  can   see  and  talk  to 
the  prisoner  for  a  sljjui-mTTn.      Make  your  ii.L^r\  lew  as  brief  a-  possible, 

ii ••-   liot'fon^  lii  iiVft.  [H.rtf.    15.    1   K. 


•  P.KUTIK.  frm»  prison. 

BF.IIT.   Venetia!     You  here  ?     I  thouirht   vu  had  left  Africa. 

Do  you  think  I  could  leave  Africa  knowing  that  \ou  were  umler 
itence  of  death?     I  rode  all  niu'lit   from  Oran  to  implore,  to  beg  yon 
>l|  them  who  you  are.     They  know  not  what  they  do. 
JKKT.   They  but  obey  the  sentence  of  the  law.     Do  not  regret  it:  it  is 

'I'  So. 

'i.v    licit cr  that    you  should  die?     Tliat   blow  was  struck  for  inr-:  i:' 

die  it  is  I  who  have  killed  you  ! 

.   Hush:     Hush!     Do  not  make  me  die  a  coward.      I  cannot  tell 

a  lie.  and   the  truth  I  will   never  tell  to  you.     Do  not  plead  for  me. 
ive  me;  it  will  soon  be  over. 


.'JO  VNHMK     TWO     FLAGS. 

*.  Leave  you?    Never!     I  will  remain  with  you  till  the  last;  and 
if  you  do  not  speak  I  will. 

BERT.  It  would  be  useless.  I  cannot  return  to  Kngland;  I  was  ac- 
cused  

«*>VE\    (tutei-rniilui'i\.  Not  by  Philip — not  by  me. 

BKRT.  What!     Yon  have  never  doubted  ? 

•r-«  VKX.  Never.     I  know  your  honor  to  be  as  stainless  as  my  own. 
BERT.  Thank  God  !     Then  I  can  die  in  peace   {tlieij  go  iij)  stage.) 

Enter  BLACK  HAWK,  R.  3  E.,  with  file  of  soldiers;  down  R. 

B.  H.  My  lady,  make  your  farewell;  you  must  leave  the  prisoner. 
— •••VKX.  {iri/d/i/}.  No.  ;  not  kill  Inn;  !     You  know  not  who  he  is. 

He  is  of  my  country — a  nobleman.  1  will  appeal  to  your  emperor.  Give 
me  an  hour  to  seek  your  marshal. 

B.  H.  What  you  ask  is  impossible.  Further  entreaty  is  useless;  the 
law  must  take  its  course. 

VKX.  An  hour's  reprieve. 

B.  II    Impossible. 

VKX.  But  you  do  not  dream  who  he  is. 

B.  H.  It  matters  not. 
•Mm  VKN.  He  is  an  Eng1  man  ! 

B.  H.  He  is  a  soldier  \viiu  has  broken  the  law.  Corporal,  remove 
this  lady  beyond  the  lines. 

Enfi>r  ROCKINUIJAM,  quickly,  L.  1  E. 

ROCK.  Hold!    What       '  ..uingof  this!     And  Venetia,  why  are 

you  here  ?  What  interest  can  you  have  in  the  life  or  death  of  this  limn  ? 
They  say  he  is  of  my  country;  I  must  see  him— speak  to  him.  (turns, 
sees'  BE  RTIE)  That  face!  Speak,  man  !  Whoarevou? 

BKRT.  Philip! 

ROCK,  (rushes  fnnrard.  tubes  Jus  JianiT).  Cecil  !     You  still  live  !     1 
thought  you  dead  so  long  ago!     Thank  God,  I  have  found  you  at 
Why  did  you  not  make  your-elf  known  to  me,  il  lost  to  all  the  world  L 
side  ?    And  how  is  it  I  fmd  you  condemned  to  death  ? 

B.  H.  Monsieur,  make  yu'.r  farewell;  I  can  wait  no  longer. 

ROCK.  I  tell  you  he-jj/rr'-  not  die.  As  I  live  you  shall  not  fir 
(places  himself  m  front  /,/'  MERTIK)  Before  your  bullets  reach  this  ma 
they  must  first  pass  through  my  body. 

BERT.  My  friend,  for  invoke- for  the  sake,  of  i,;:i -  coi'-mon  country 
and  our  old  love — let  us  both  meet  this  with  courage  and  with  sileiu-e. 

ROCK,  Are  you  mad,  to  die  here  like  a  dog?  What  crime  have  you 
committed  ? 

BERT.  None,  save  being  moved  under  insult  to  act  as  men  of  our 
nation  have  always  acted 

B.  II.  Corporal  Victor,  you  have  been  found  guilty  of  one  of  the  worst 
crimes  known  to  the  Army  of  Africa.  Your  sentence  has  been  passed; 
we  are  here  to  execute  it.  Have  you  anything  to  say  ? 

BKRT.  Only  this:  that  a  coward,  a  liar,  and  a  traducer,  cannot  won 
der  that   men    prefer   death  to  submission   under  insult.     Well,  I  am 
ready;  give  your  signal.     It  will  be  the  only  kind  act  you  have  ever 
done  me. 

B.  H.  Attention! 

Cn;.  (oiilsulr,  ui  dixlanr. ).  Hold!     Hold! 

B.  II.  Ready! 


UNDER    TWO    FLAGS. 


CK;.  (outs/dr,  i<>'in-i'r\.  Hold!     Hold!     A  pardon! 

H.  II.   Aim  ! 

CM;,  (outside,  still  nearer).  Hold!     Hold!     In  the  name  of  France-, 

3ld !  (she  rushes  on,  R.  1   i  BMUTIE  and  troopers,  waciny 

tnlon  as  she  eiders.) 

B.  H.  Fire  !  (CIGAUKTTE  is  shot ;  fulls  c.,  '//  BERTIE'S  arms.) 

ALL.  Cigarette!    </ro/i  </>n/s ;  ton- music.) 

CIQ.  A  pardon  (or  your  corporal  !  (holds  i>aprr  to  ward  BLACK  HAWK.) 

B.  II.  (lak>-s  />"/«•'•,  looks  a/  it).  Where  did  you  get  this? 

CIG.  From  the  Grand  Marshal's  own  hand. 

B.  II.  Damnation  !  i/v/</v.s-  u/>  stmje,  K.I 

BERT,  (kueehmj).  Child,  you  have  ^'iv<M:  \  our  life  for  mint1! 

CIG.  Tis  nothing.  I  would  have  dnm-  ,"  i.ir  any  one  of  my  soldiers. 
Bury  me  where  the  army  passes,  so  that  1  can  hear  the  trumpet  and  the 
drum;  bury  my  cross  with  me— (kiss>-<  i-ross}  and  tell  them  in  - 
France— Ah  !  if  I  could  only  see  France  once  more — France— (dies.  All 
kn.'i'l,  >..-r,:nt  BLACK  HAWK,  with  bared  heails.) 

BERT.  Dead!    Dead! 


SOLDIERS. 
PT 


HAWK. 


Tableau. 


BERTIE. 

ClGAl: 


JTENETIA. 


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"Whom  first  v  .-,  ed; 

.ndeed  is  not 

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"  Who  might  have  been — Ah,  tvhai,  I  dare  not  think  I 

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Broken  tios — A  Vassar  girl's  idea  of  matrimony — A  Washington 
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